artificial respirationnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl res.pɪˈreɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːr.t̬ə.fɪʃ.əl res.pɪˈreɪ.ʃən/the act of forcing air in and out of the lungs of a person who has stopped breathing, using equipment or by blowing into their mouth and pressing their chest:
Rescuers pulled the child from the river, and she was given artificial respiration.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Resuscitation
- CPR
- Heimlich manoeuvre
- kiss
- mouth-to-mouth
- resuscitate
- resuscitation
- the kiss of life idiom