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cardiac resuscitation

cardiac resuscitation

4.4
An emergency procedure to restart breathing and blood flow
  • noun
  • /ˈkɑrdɪæk rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reanimación cardiaca
  • The paramedics performed cardiac resuscitation to try to revive the unconscious patient.

Examples

  • Prompt cardiac resuscitation can mean the difference between life and death in cardiac arrest situations.

  • Doctors said that immediate cardiac resuscitation prevented brain damage after the incident.

  • The team practiced cardiac resuscitation techniques regularly.

  • During the training, we learned about cardiac resuscitation.

  • The paramedics performed cardiac resuscitation to save the man's life after he collapsed.

  • He learned the techniques of cardiac resuscitation in his first aid training course.

  • Knowing cardiac resuscitation can be crucial for anyone who might witness a cardiac arrest.

Synonyms

CPR
vscardiac resuscitation
  • Specialized
88 3.3

An emergency way to help someone when their heart or breathing stops by pressing the chest and giving breaths

is the formal medical phrase rather than this short emergency name
resuscitation
vscardiac resuscitation
  • Specialized
22 6.1

A medical way of bringing someone back to life after they stop breathing or are unconscious

is focused on chest compressions and artificial breaths after heart stops
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
vscardiac resuscitation
  • Specialized
1 3.7

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

is the same procedure but uses the phrase external cardiac massage

Surface Forms

cardiac resuscitation singular
cardiac resuscitations plural

Morphology

cardiac + resuscitation

Both constituents are semantically clear to a learner: 'cardiac' means 'related to the heart' and 'resuscitation' means 'restoring life or consciousness/physiological function.' Their combination follows a straightforward noun-modifier pattern indicating a medical procedure to revive heart function and circulation, so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Cardiac resuscitation names the action: cardiac means 'heart' and resuscitation means 'bringing someone back to life'. It pictures pressing the chest and giving breaths to make a stopped heart and breathing start again, so it means an emergency procedure to restart the heart and breathing.