external chest compression

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Emergency medicine A technique of basic life support, consisting of serial, rhythmic applications of pressure on the lower half of the sternum, which provides circulation to the heart, lungs, brain, and other organs with a general ↑ in intrathoracic pressure and/or direct compression of the heart

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