cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Noun

Meaning

an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

CPR mouth-to-mouth resuscitation kiss of life mouth-to-mouth cardiac resuscitation rescue resuscitation artificial respiration asystole bradycardia heart massage acute myocardial infarction emergency procedure arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia mouth-to-nose resuscitation
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Hypernyms

resuscitation emergency procedure

Examples

The Glanbrook Veterinary Service, from Hamilton, Canada hosted a Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) seminar for pet owners at the Lions Den in San Pedro Town on Tuesday, April 3rd. Source: Internet

By that time, another passenger had already begun to perform Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on the unresponsive passenger. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cardiopulmonary exercise cardiopulmonary failure cardiopulmonary murmur cardiopulmonary resuscitation device cardiopulmonectomy cardiopulmonologist