resuscitation
[re-sus″ĭ-ta´shun] 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.
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