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 nursing intervention defined as administering emergency measures to sustain life.

cardiopulmonary resuscitation see cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

resuscitation: fetus in the nursing interventions classification, a 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 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 nursing intervention defined as administering emergency measures to support adaptation of the neonate to extrauterine life.

Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

re·sus·ci·ta·tion

(rē-sŭs'i-tā'shŭn),

Revival from potential or apparent death.

[L. resuscitatio]

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resuscitation

Critical care The restoration of consciousness to a person who appears dead. See Active compression-decompression-cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Fluid resuscitation, Mouth-to-snout resuscitation.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

re·sus·ci·ta·tion

(rē-sŭs'i-tā'shŭn)

Revival from potential or apparent death.

[L. resuscitatio]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

resuscitation

1. Restoration of a stable physiological condition to a person whose heart action, blood pressure or body oxygenation have dropped to critical levels.

2. Active measures to treat shock.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

Resuscitation

Bringing a person back to life after an apparent death or in cases of impending death.

Mentioned in: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Life Support

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