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CPR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Synonyms:
cardiac resuscitation; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR; kiss of life; mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("CPR" is a kind of...):
emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))
resuscitation (the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness)
Meronyms (parts of "CPR"):
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)
Context examples:
"Hands-only" CPR uses chest compressions to keep blood circulating until emergency help arrives.
(CPR, NIH)
Cardiac arrest should be used to signify an event as described above, that is reversed, usually by CPR and / or defibrillation or cardioversion, or cardiac pacing.
(History of Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)
CPR is an emergency procedure for a person whose heart has stopped or is no longer breathing.
(CPR, NIH)
CPR can maintain circulation and breathing until emergency medical help arrives.
(CPR, NIH)
If you know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), you could save a life.
(CPR, NIH)
