Visit heart.org/cpr

• Find a Class - Click on ECC Class Connector
   
• Course Description Listing - Click on Course Matrix
   
• Become an instructor
  
• Family & Friends CPR Anytime - Training at home for the non-professional
   
• Hands-Only CPR
   

Visit heart.org/cpr

• Find a Class - Click on ECC Class Connector
   
• Course Description Listing - Click on Course Matrix
   
• Become an instructor
  
• Family & Friends CPR Anytime - Training at home for the non-professional
   
• Hands-Only CPR
   

Free Health Fair Kit: Online request form
   If you need large quantities, they may be purchased at www.krames.com/aha.

Free Reproducibles:

• Answers By Heart Fact Sheets: Lifestyle and Risk Reduction
  
• Start Eating Healthy Day Kit  Nov.2, 2011
  
• Wear Red Day Kit  Feb. 3, 2012 
   
• Start Walking Day Kit  April 4, 2012
  
• Stroke Community Awareness Kit (May)
  
• Power Sunday Kit (May)
  

Advocacy in Illinois Home Page

• Get With The Guidelines 
• Professional Education Center
   
• Health Professional Go Red For Women 
   
• Mission: Lifeline Illinois

In Illinois during the past five years (2007-2011) the American Heart Association funded over $30.2 million in new research:

Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago
2 studies - $156,040
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
1 study - $132,000
Loyola University, Chicago/Maywood
22 studies - $2,239,992
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb
2 studies - $508,381
NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston
1 study - $308,000
Northwestern University, Chicago
92 studies - $8,055,196
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
4 studies - $367,540
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, N. Chicago
4 studies - $797,500
Rush University, Chicago
5 studies - $704,248
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
4 studies - $789,000
University of Chicago
57 studies - $6,335,388
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
22 studies - $2,153,772
University of Illinois, Chicago
66 studies - $7,711,733 

Nationwide, we invest almost $123 million a year ($3.3 billion since 1949) in heart and stroke research that has led to recent breakthroughs such as clot-busting drugs and drug-eluting stents. Healthcare providers learn about medical advances and new treatment guidelines though our journals, conferences and online courses.

The American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate funds projects that help us achieve our Impact Goal: To improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% by the year 2020, and to reduce deaths from heart disease and stroke by 20%.

Applications due March 2, 2012; funding begins July 1, 2012.
More information about the Community Action Grants

Carrie Skogsberg, Communications Director, (217) 698-3838 ext 5