Artificial Respiration (Noun)
Meaning
An emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The lifeguard was trained to perform artificial respiration on a swimmer who had stopped breathing.
- When the child fell into the pool, her mother immediately began giving her artificial respiration until the paramedics arrived.
- Artificial respiration should be continued until the patient is breathing on their own or medical help arrives.
- The firefighter applied mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration to the unconscious person until the emergency medical team took over.
- Rescue crews were able to save the little girl's life by administering artificial respiration and CPR.