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.

mouth-·to-·mouth re·sus·ci·ta·tion

mouth-to-mouth respiration (q.v.) employed as part of emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

(mouth′tə-mouth′)

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 re·sus·ci·ta·tion

(mowth-mowth rě-sŭs'i-tā'shŭn)

Mouth-to-mouth respiration employed as part of emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Maintenance of an oxygen supply in a person unable to breath spontaneously by periodic inflation of the lungs by blowing into the mouth or nose. This is done 16 to 20 times a minute and is verified by watching the chest rise and fall. Also known as the ‘kiss of life’.