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

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As a Pulmotor for heavy industries it had so far failed to have any effect.

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