CPR

abbreviation

1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CPR

abbreviation

1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPR

1. Short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An emergency procedure in which the heart and lungs are made to work by manually compressing the chest overlying the heart and forcing air into the lungs. CPR is used to maintain circulation when the heart stops pumping, usually because of disease, drugs, or trauma.

Example Sentences

The CPR report described Foden as a "powerful figure" who "courted the media".

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The review was unique in its size and scale, analysing 10 times the volume of information that is usually looked at in a CPR, and took more than a year to complete.

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Family members tried to help Johnson and perform CPR but, according to court filings, they struggled and “were forced to watch in horror as his skin peeled away from his body.”

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The court heard she lifted Ms Penney's shirt to find the right place to perform CPR but was unable to as she could not find the right spot.

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It was he who administered the CPR a year ago that saved his dad’s life.

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