CPR

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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Example sentences from the Web for cpr

After fifteen minutes of CPR he is pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary, where attendants see him breathing.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The cases share a kind of morbidity: A man, eighty, is pronounced dead after thirty minutes of CPR.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some have speculated that cessation of CPR decreases pressure in the chest cavity, allowing blood to return to the heart.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The CPR was supposed to be the progressive counterweight among the troika of parties that governed Tunisia before Sheratongate.
A Woman Blogger’s Scoop Helped Save Tunisia From Islamists|Thomas A. Bass|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He said Murray was screaming while he was performing the CPR.
Prince Jackson, Michael’s Oldest Son, Opens Up on the Stand|Christine Pelisek|June 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for cpr

CPR

abbreviation for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Medical definitions for cpr

CPR

abbr.

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Scientific definitions for cpr

CPR

[ sē′pē-är′ ]

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.