心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)

しんぱいそせい
noun
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR
medicalhealth
1. cardiopulmonary resuscitation; CPR
Emergency first aid for someone whose heart or breathing has stopped, combining chest compressions and rescue breathing to keep blood and oxygen circulating until professional help arrives.
心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)の方法(ほうほう)を習(なら)った。
I learned how to perform CPR.
倒(たお)れた人(ひと)にすぐ心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)を行(おこな)った。
I immediately performed CPR on the person who had collapsed.
救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)が来(く)るまで、胸(むね)を押(お)して心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)を続(つづ)けた。
I kept doing CPR by pressing on the chest until the ambulance arrived.

Often written in full as 心肺蘇生法(しんぱいそせいほう) (the CPR method/technique). Takes 行(おこな)う or する: 心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)を行(おこな)う (to perform CPR).

Common collocations

  • 心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)を行(おこな)う: to perform CPR
  • 心肺蘇生法(しんぱいそせいほう): CPR technique
  • 心肺蘇生(しんぱいそせい)の講習(こうしゅう): a CPR training course

Related words

Often taught together with the use of an AED(エーイーディー) (automated external defibrillator).

Related Words

Related: 心停止(しんていし) (cardiac arrest)
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Added 2026.7.18 6:17 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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