CPR is a medical technique for reviving someone whose heart has stopped beating by pressing on their chest and breathing into their mouth. CPR is an abbreviation for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
[medicine]
McMullen performed CPR while other bystanders called 911.
CPR in British English
abbreviation for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
cardiopulmonary resuscitation in British English
noun
an emergency measure to revive a patient whose heart has stopped beating, in which compressions applied with the hands to the patient's chest are alternated with mouth-to-mouth respiration