Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
resuscitation
re·sus·ci·ta·tion [ ri-suhs-i-teyt ]
Subclass of:
Emergency treatment
Definitions related to resuscitation procedure:
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(resuscitation) Administering emergency measures to sustain lifeNursing Interventions ClassificationUniversity of Iowa, 2007
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(resuscitation) Patient required resuscitation.U.S. FDA GlossaryU.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
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(resuscitation) Restoration to life or consciousness.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(resuscitation) The measures applied for the restoration a person to life and/or consciousness. The act of resuscitation includes such components as artificial respiration and cardiac massage.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(resuscitation) The process of reviving a person who is not breathing or whose heart is not beating using techniques such as artificial respiration and heart massage.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(resuscitation) The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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