mouth-to-mouth 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

Alternative names

mouth to mouth resuscitation

Synonyms

CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation kiss of life cardiac resuscitation inspiration breath inhalation aspiration expiration cough hack gasp gulp snore hiccup
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Antonyms

inhale exhale

Hypernyms

resuscitation emergency procedure

Examples

It is like sending a bunch of marauding foxes that had raided a henhouse back to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to their previous victims. Joe Higgins

Jeffrey (a young boy from 1982) applies mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (a technique unknown in Barton's time) and saves her life, thus enabling her to go on to found the American Red Cross. Source: Internet

Lopes' party stopped and loaded the boy into the car, and Lopes "cradled the dying boy's bleeding head in her arms" while "someone gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as they rushed him to a nearby hospital." citation He died the next day. Source: Internet

If their breathing stops, perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until medical help arrives. Source: Internet

More seriously, the true indicator of a homophobe is one who’d refuse mouth-to-mouth resuscitation from someone of the same sex. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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