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cardiopulmonary resuscitation
noun[ U ]
medical specializeduk /kɑː.di.əʊˌpʊl.mə.nər.i rɪ.sʌs.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /kɑːr.di.oʊˌpʊl.mə.ner.i rɪˌsʌs.əˈteɪ.ʃən/(abbreviationCPR)
a method used to keep someone alive in a medical emergency, in which you blow into the person's mouth, then press on their chest, and then repeat the process:
Emergency workers began cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but that didn't work.
Promptly administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, may help keep patients alive until an electric shock can restore a normal heartbeat.
Paramedics had performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation as they raced the unconscious woman to the hospital.
She tried to save her husband's life by giving him cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
After less than a minute of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, he regained consciousness, and his cardiac rhythm returned to normal.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Resuscitation
artificial respiration
chest compression
CPR
Heimlich manoeuvre
kiss
mouth-to-mouth
resus
resuscitate
resuscitation
the kiss of lifeidiom
ventilate
ventilated
ventilation
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artificial respiration mouth-to-mouth
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