mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

[ mouth-tuh-mouth ]

/ ˈmaʊθ təˈmaʊθ /

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noun

a method of artificial respiration in which a person rhythmically blows air into the victim's lungs, either directly, by placing the mouth over the patient's, or through a tube.

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Origin of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

First recorded in 1960–65

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What 15 months in a federal correction institution will be like, according to a man who counsels to-be inmates.
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And of course, Rod, being Rod, goes for it a hundred percent; his mouth drops open and he says, ‘What?’
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But news of the classes is spread mainly by word of mouth, and participants bring along their friends and families.
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That means the F-35 will be almost entirely reliant on long-range air-to-air missiles.
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It will still carry a pair of Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM long-range air-to-air missiles and a pair of bombs.
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Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Aristide washed and powdered Jean himself, the landlord lounging by, pipe in mouth, administering suggestions.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
All the operations of her brain related themselves somehow to to-morrow afternoon.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
But such a thing had, nevertheless, come quite glibly out of her mouth, and she knew not why.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett

Medical definitions for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

A technique used to resuscitate a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against that of the victim and, allowing for passive exhalation, forces air into the lungs every few seconds.mouth-to-mouth respiration

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