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

After waking, Hannah performed CPR on Adam until an ambulance arrived, saving his life.

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Then she places her hands on his chest and, with one CPR pump, brings life back to Woo’s tiny body.

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While the woman was able to get back to shore on her own, an off-duty California State Parks peace officer pulled the man from the water and began CPR.

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A woman who was filmed giving CPR to a man fatally injured in a road crash is calling for photographs and videos of crash sites to be made illegal.

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

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