CPR

American

abbreviation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CPR British

abbreviation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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CPR Scientific

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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.

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El Camino Real put coach Josh Lienhard on administrative leave after questions arose why his CPR and first-aid cards were not listed in the Red Cross database.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

According to various reports, he received CPR and a defibrillator was used on him before an ambulance arrived.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Some emergency-response experts express concern that people will waste precious minutes grabbing an anti-choking device when they should be doing back blows, the Heimlich maneuver—officially known as abdominal thrusts—or CPR.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

She reportedly lost her pulse and was revived with CPR and a defibrillator.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Rashid nodded and kept pulsing on her chest in a quick, steady rhythm with an intense look of concentration as he performed CPR.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

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