chest compression
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chest compression
Abbreviation: CCForcible depression of the thorax during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This technique is used to circulate the blood of a patient whose heart is no longer beating effectively enough to sustain life.
Patient care
Effective chest compressions in an adult should depress the sternum by 1.5–2 in (4–5 cm). In a child or infant, the sternum should be depressed by the rescuer to a depth of about 1/2 to 1/3 the depth of the chest.
See also: compression
chest
chest compression
a means of external cardiac massage; most likely to be effective in small dogs and cats, but very difficult in large animals.
chest wound
common in horses and cattle, damage to the underlying chest wall with communication to the pleural cavity and pneumothorax is the main danger.