mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

(mouth′tə-mouth′)n. Rescue breathing in which one uses one's mouth to cover the victim's mouth and deliver air. Also called mouth-to-mouth ventilation.

mouth′-to-mouth′ resuscita′tion

n. a method of artificial respiration in which a person rhythmically blows air into the victim's lungs.

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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation - 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 oxygencardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, kiss of lifeemergency procedure - (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)cardiac massage, heart massage - an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrestartificial respiration - an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificiallyresuscitation - the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

resuscitation

[re-sus″ĭ-ta´shun] 1. restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead, or whose respirations had ceased; see also artificial respiration.2. in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as administering emergency measures to sustain life.cardiopulmonary resuscitation see cardiopulmonary resuscitation.resuscitation: fetus in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as administering emergency measures to improve placental perfusion or correct fetal acid-base status.fluid resuscitation 1. the correction of fluid volume imbalances, especially in patients with burn injuries.2. in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as administering prescribed intravenous fluids rapidly.mouth-to-mouth resuscitation a method of artificial respiration in which the rescuer covers the patient's mouth with his own and exhales vigorously, inflating the patient's lungs.resuscitation: neonate in the nursing interventions classification, a intervention" >nursing intervention defined as administering emergency measures to support adaptation of the neonate" >neonate to extrauterine life.