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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.
心肺蘇生の方法を習った。
I learned how to perform CPR.
倒れた人にすぐ心肺蘇生を行った。
I immediately performed CPR on the person who had collapsed.
救急車が来るまで、胸を押して心肺蘇生を続けた。
I kept doing CPR by pressing on the chest until the ambulance arrived.
Often written in full as 心肺蘇生法 (the CPR method/technique). Takes 行う or する: 心肺蘇生を行う (to perform CPR).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 心肺蘇生を行う: to perform CPR
- 心肺蘇生法: CPR technique
- 心肺蘇生の講習: a CPR training course
RELATED:
Often taught together with the use of an AED (automated external defibrillator).