chest compression
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Former Mayor Bill de Blasio signed the restraint law in July 2020, making officers’ use of a chokehold or chest compression a misdemeanor crime punishable by up to a year in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
To carry out a chest compression, the NHS advises:
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
We did two cycles of chest compression and we were able to bring him back.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2020
Later, they strapped a mechanical chest compression device on a nearly naked Mr. Floyd, which kept pumping as Mr. Floyd’s body was rising and falling.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2020
The cellmate quickly got the attention of a Border Patrol agent, followed shortly by a physician’s assistant who attempted a single chest compression.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2019
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