chest compression

noun

1. the application of pressure to the chest to prevent it from expanding, used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Example Sentences

To carry out a chest compression, the NHS advises:

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He said they would be looking at things like hand position and chest compression depth.

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A 21-year-old remembered that scene when he found an unresponsive woman in Arizona, and, despite having never been trained in CPR, performed chest compression that may have saved the woman’s life, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

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When paramedics respond to a stroke, there is no wound on which to apply pressure, no dramatic chest compression to deploy.

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The footage primarily showed the deputies doing CPR on a bloody Charley as his head wobbled uncontrollably back and forth with each chest compression.

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