The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke. The American Heart Association publishes a standard for providing basic and advanced life support, including standards for proper performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The AHA is now also a provider of training for first aid, in addition to CPR. Mission Statement: The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular diseases and stroke. See also Automated external defibrillator (AED) Basic life support, a standard published by the AHA Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), a standard published by the AHA AHA-1, an AHA-proposed diet Paul R. Ellis Award, and award bestowed by AHA chapters External links Official website Stroke website  This article about a medical organization, hospital, or association is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Search Term: "American_Heart_Association" Categories: Medical organization stubs | Heart disease organizations