cardiac massage

Examples

• All

• All the while, a steady rhythm of external cardiac massage was maintained.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Then, they learn a bullet has been found on a stretcher at Parkland Hospital, so doctors assume it worked its way out of the body during cardiac massage.

  NOVA: Cold Case JFK (2013)

• The landmark description of closed-chest cardiac massage was made in 1960 by Kouwenhoven, Jude, and Knickerbocker, who demonstrated remarkable success and effective therapy for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims.

  Academic text (2007)

• The first American case of closed-chest cardiac massage and the first use of epinephrine for treating a cardiac arrest was performed by Crue on a patient who had undergone a thyroidectomy with ether anesthesia.

  Academic text (2007)

• In a critical situation, the paramedics immediately started cardiac massage to help the patient whose heart had stopped beating.

• After the football player collapsed on the field, the medical team performed cardiac massage to restore his heartbeat.

• The doctor explained that cardiac massage is crucial for maintaining blood circulation during a cardiac arrest.

Synonyms

C

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

vscardiac massage

• Specialized

1 3.7

A medical emergency method using chest pushes and mouth breaths to restart a person's heart and breathing

means only chest compressions rather than a combined compression and ventilation procedure

H

heart massage

vscardiac massage

• Specialized

3.2

Pressing the chest to make the heart pump when it stops

is a focused emergency action limited to chest compressions

C

cardiac resuscitation

vscardiac massage

• Specialized

4.4

An emergency procedure to restart breathing and blood flow

keeps to compressions only rather than adding artificial breaths

Surface Forms

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Etymology