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CPR

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CPR cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
CPR
abbr.
cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
Using rescue breathing and chest compressions to help a person whose breathing and heartbeat have stopped

CPR,

CPR,
CPR
see cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CPR
Emergency medicine Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Those activities–artificial breathing and external chest compression intended to maintain the heart pump, performed on a person to revive him/her from apparent death, when the heart and/or lungs are not functioning. See ABC sequence, CAB sequence, Cough CPR.


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The ARC hopes the new changes will lead to more people receiving CPR following a cardiac arrest.
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