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CPR
CPR
abbreviation for
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
- Short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An emergency procedure in which the heart and lungs are made to work by manually compressing the chest overlying the heart and forcing air into the lungs. CPR is used to maintain circulation when the heart stops pumping, usually because of disease, drugs, or trauma.
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Example Sentences
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Those interested in health care might pursue CPR/First Aid certification or CNA training.
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"I just knew she wasn't alive, but Mark wouldn't believe it and he tried to do CPR on her."
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Defibrillators are used - alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best chance of survival during a cardiac arrest.
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A man was given CPR by officers, but he died at the scene.
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Dive teams worked to recover the bodies and despite CPR efforts all six people have been pronounced dead.
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