mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (mouth

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

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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - 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

cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, kiss of life

emergency procedure - (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)

cardiac massage, heart massage - an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest

artificial respiration - an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

resuscitation - the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

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Travolta testified during the five-week trial that he had tried frantically to save his son by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation while another visitor at their holiday resort helped with chest compressions and used a defibrillator on Jett, who had been found unresponsive on a bathroom floor.

Mistrial declared in Travolta 'extortion' by Independent Television News Limited (ITN)

Police said the do-gooders rushed to Wilson's aid and administered CPR, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Passers-by help save biker's life after crash by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

Lovell-Stagg repeatedly revived McMinn, applying chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, before the arrival of the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.

Lovell-Stagg has Pride of Racing nomination; Pride of Racing by The Racing Post (London, England)

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