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.
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).