mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
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- noun
- /maʊθ tə maʊθ rɪˌsʌsɪˈteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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- When the lifeguard noticed the swimmer was unconscious, she performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to help him breathe again.
- give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- start mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
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Examples
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Then you place your mouth over the child's open mouth, forming a firm seal as if about to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Blog text (6) -
However, hands-only CPR is for the general public only; for health care professionals, the advice is to continue combining chest compressions with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Academic text (2012) -
I gave one small child mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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You better give him some mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!
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Brian really did try to help him when he gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
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But Frank hauled him up on the bank and gave him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was administered by a friend on the scene, which gave paramedics enough time to get him to the hospital.
Blog text (17) -
Not knowing what else to do, Dorothy bent down in the bushes and started to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Fiction book (1991) -
Willie's mother was down on her knees too, poised to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Fiction book (1990) -
Aloka quickly clears Max's mouth and begins to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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Giving air into another person's mouth when they are not breathing
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A way to make someone breathe when their breathing has stopped
A way to breathe air into someone's lungs to make them start breathing again
How Life-Supporting
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Surface Forms
Morphology
mouth-to-mouth + resuscitation
The meaning is directly derivable from the parts: 'mouth-to-mouth' clearly indicates direct mouth contact and 'resuscitation' denotes reviving or restoring breathing/consciousness, so combined they describe breathing into someone to revive them. This is a literal, compositional compound found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the procedure.
Etymology
The phrase mouth-to-mouth resuscitation comes from the real action of putting your mouth against someone else's and blowing air into their lungs to help them breathe. That's why it means 'breathing air into someone to help them start breathing again'.