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Words related to resuscitation

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  • artificial respiration

    Artificial respiration is the forcing of air into the lungs of someone who has stopped breathing, usually by blowing through their mouth or nose, in order to keep them alive and to help them to start breathing again.

  • cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    an emergency measure to revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating, in which compressions applied with the hands to the patient's chest are alternated with mouth-to-mouth respiration

  • mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

    a method of artificial respiration in which a person rhythmically blows air into the victim's lungs, either directly, by placing the mouth over the patient's, or through a tube.

  • no-code

    Medicine/Medical. a directive not to alert a hospital team to perform emergency resuscitation on a particular patient. Compare code (def 9).
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