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.
She was given artificial respiration and cardiac massage.
artificial respiration in British English
noun
1.
any of various methods of restarting breathing after it has stopped, by manual rhythmic pressure on the chest, mouth-to-mouth breathing, etc
2.
any method of maintaining respiration artificially, as by use of an iron lung
artificial respiration in American English
the maintenance of breathing by artificial means, as by forcing breath into the mouth or by creating and relaxing pressure externally on the chest cavity at regular intervals
Examples of 'artificial respiration' in a sentence
artificial respiration
The firemen had taken over the artificial respiration and also fed me oxygen before an ambulance had arrived and taken us all to hospital.
Matthews, Lew A CONVICTION OF GUILT (1993)
James took Melanie's shirttail and wiped her lips carefully before attempting to give her artificial respiration.