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Meanings of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in English

Portuguese
respiração boca-a-boca
Wikidata

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.

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        respiração boca-a-boca
        Spanish
        resucitación boca a boca
        Catalan
        reanimació boca a boca
        Wikidata

        Artificial ventilation using exhaled air from the rescuer.

              resucitación boca a boca
              Usage of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in English
              1
              Having recently taken a first aid course, she attempted mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The Irish Times
              2
              Maggie brought the towels, and relieved her of the mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              Harvest Home
              3
              Hastily I forced her mouth open and began applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              Harvest Home
              4
              They said Passaro even performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation in an unsuccessful attempt to revive him.
              Reuters
              5
              They tried the medpak revival stimulants, CPR, and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The Hyperion Cantos
              6
              Travolta testified how he had tried frantically to save his son by performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              Reuters
              7
              You find out that he isn't and you must perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.' And on it went.
              The last hero: a life of henry aaron
              8
              Sam&Jenny ran to him&Sam gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The new yorker
              9
              He needed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation or he would die.
              The Vanished
              10
              No paramedics, no mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, no defibrillator pads, no cardiac massage, just a shake of the head.
              Under orders
              11
              Medical staff gave the former England Under-21 international mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and tried to revive him with a defibrillator.
              BBC
              12
              The paratroopers described how they tended 18-year-old Karen Reilly's wounds with field bandages and gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The Irish Times
              13
              I was glad for that: I was not sure my generosity would go so far as administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The Hyperion Cantos
              14
              He immediately began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
              The Complete Rama Omnibus
              15
              When he tried to give Timberlan mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, "copious amounts of blood would run from his wound".
              The Guardian
              16
              Lesley bent over and started mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, her mouth covering the baby's mouth and nose in the prescribed manner.
              Rivers of London