cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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noun

emergency procedure for reviving heart and lung function, involving special physical techniques and often the use of electrical and mechanical equipment. Abbreviation: CPR

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Origin of cardiopulmonary resuscitation

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardioplegia, cardioptosia, cardiopulmonary, cardiopulmonary bypass, cardiopulmonary murmur, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiopyloric, cardiorenal, cardiorespiratory, cardiorrhaphy, cardiorrhexis

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How to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a sentence

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We hope he had a doctor present when he did it, and proper resuscitation equipment, as well.
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There was no other monitoring or resuscitation equipment in the room.
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After the usual means for resuscitation had been ineffectively tried, her heart was laid bare.
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The woman meant a human life,—in deadly need of resuscitation, and Barry leaped to his task.
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It was obvious that the first thing to do was the work of internal resuscitation.
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There is nothing in its aspect which seems to foretel life--nothing to predict resuscitation.
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The first resuscitation of Richelieu comes near to impressing one, the second is simply silly.
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British Dictionary definitions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

noun

an emergency measure to revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating, in which compressions applied with the hands to the patient's chest are alternated with mouth-to-mouth respirationAbbreviation: CPR

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Medical definitions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Restoration of cardiac output and pulmonary ventilation by artificial respiration and closed-chest massage after cardiac arrest and apnea.

Scientific definitions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

See CPR.

Cultural definitions for cardiopulmonary resuscitation

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

[ (kahr-dee-oh- pool-muh-nair-ee ri-sus-i-tay-shuhn) ]

An emergency lifesaving procedure used to revive someone who has stopped breathing or whose heart has ceased functioning. CPR uses heart massage and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to get the heart or lungs working again. More recently, electric stimulation to the heart (using devices called defibrillators) has greatly increased the efficacy of this technique.