cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation n a procedure designed to restore normal breathing after cardiac arrest that includes the clearance of air passages to the lungs, the mouth-to-mouth method of artificial respiration, and heart massage by the exertion of pressure on the chest
abbr. CPR
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an emergency procedure for life support, consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac massage. It is used in cases of cardiac arrest or apparent sudden death resulting from electric shock, drowning, respiratory arrest, or other causes, to establish effective circulation and ventilation in order to prevent irreversible brain damage. External cardiac massage compresses the heart, forcing blood into the systemic and pulmonary circulation; venous blood refills the heart when the compression is released.
mouth-to-mouth respiration or a mechanical form of ventilation oxygenates the blood being pumped through the circulatory system.
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(CPR) the artificial substitution of heart and lung action as indicated for cardiac arrest or apparent sudden death resulting from electric shock, drowning, respiratory arrest, and other causes. The two major components of CPR are rescue breathing and closed chest cardiac massage.
Medical dictionary.
2011.
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