Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
resuscitation Audio
re·sus·ci·ta·tion [ ri-suhs-i-teyt ]
Subclass of:
Emergency treatment
Definitions related to resuscitation procedure:
  • (resuscitation) Administering emergency measures to sustain life
    Nursing Interventions Classification
    University of Iowa, 2007
  • (resuscitation) Patient required resuscitation.
    U.S. FDA Glossary
    U.S. Food & Drug Administration, 2021
  • (resuscitation) Restoration to life or consciousness.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (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
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (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 Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (resuscitation) The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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