heroic measures

In medical practice, the undertaking of a procedure or therapy in an attempt to save or sustain the life of a patient with life-threatening injuries or illness.

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If by chance our Amphitryon changes his mind and receives only Porthos and myself, why, then, we must resort to heroic measures and each give two strokes instead of one.

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This theory, so far as I can see, solves the problems of introspective knowledge, without requiring heroic measures such as those proposed by Knight Dunlap, whose views we discussed in Lecture VI.

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It drives the frail flesh of weak women to deeds of heroic measure. Momaya was neither frail nor weak, physically, but she was a woman, an ignorant, superstitious, African savage.

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Timely steps are much more effective than last-minute heroic measures," Misra, one of the pioneers in pushing for the implementation of ACCC in the Indian hospitals, told journalists.

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These are hardly heroic measures -- especially for a Democrat-controlled legislative body.

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Last summer, police and prosecutors concluded that the man had killed 33 patients at a hospital in Oldenburg in northern Germany and that he had done so out of a desire to win approval by taking heroic measures trying to resuscitate them.

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If this condition is detected prenatally, parental counselling is almost universally directed towards comfort care and avoidance of heroic measures after birth.

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Caring does not necessarily require heroic measures. A simple smile or a cheerful greeting can make an employee or colleague's day.

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Reliability can be adversely affected, but since the hook's position is determined by the slot engaging the firing pin stop, we've been stuck with a less than perfect position of the hook, or forced into heroic measures like welding up and re-cutting the slot.

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"It isn't just end of life, whether you want no heroic measures at the end or do not resuscitate [orders], this is more about how you want care delivered and what would happen to you if you really got sick."

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A very different novel is Heroic Measures, by Jo-Ann Power (Wild Rose Press: 2013).

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No heroic measures," our sisterinlaw told the cardiac team that rushed in.

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