Pulmotor

American

[puhl-moh-ter, pool-] / ˈpʌlˌmoʊ tər, ˈpʊl- /

Trademark.

a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.

Pulmotor British

/ ˈpʌlˌməʊtə, ˈpʊl- /

noun

an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration

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It was only after a few thousand citizens had failed to respond to the pulmotor which was kept at every station to revive weaklings, that the divine right of human beings to decent transportation became a real public issue.

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Massage and a pulmotor were applied, and within an hour the child was breathing normally.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's an emergency truck they got, with oxygen inside�a pulmotor�everything you need.

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Ramspeck resurrected the measure, answered the lies, used a pulmotor of persuasion on fainthearts, avoided personalities, stuck grimly to the merits of merit.

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At 10:04 they called the police for oxygen tanks and a Pulmotor.

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