pulseless
3
8.5
- adjective
- /ˈpʌlsləs/
- Specialized
:
sin pulso
- On Monday, after first responders, recovered John Smith's unresponsive and pulseless body, John was transported to St. Joseph West Hospital, where the trauma team continued life-saving CPR efforts, for an additional 45 minutes.
Examples
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In cases of cardiac arrest, a pulseless condition requires prompt medical intervention to revive the patient.
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The introduction of AEDs has demonstrated a high survival rate in cases where early defibrillation takes place in a shockable rhythm, such as ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia.
Academic text (2007) -
At first, they thought she was dead, but that might have been because her heart had hardened itself, pulseless, long
Fiction book (2000) -
When assessing a patient, if the extremity is found pulseless when it previously had a pulse, immediate action must be taken.
Academic text (2004) -
Fourteen-year-old male, unresponsive and pulseless.
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The second day we were out was the first scene of death; a German woman had been taken ill, and when I was sent for to see her, I found her cold, pulseless, and gasping, and in two hours she was gone; nothing had any effect upon her.
Academic text (1993) -
The doctor confirmed that the patient was pulseless and called for immediate resuscitation.
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When examining the patient, the nurse noted that his arm felt pulseless, indicating a lack of circulation.
Synonyms
1
9.9
The heart has no electrical activity and does not beat
A person who has no heartbeat or pulse and needs medical help right away
Compounds
- Specialized
Swelling of large blood vessels like the aorta that makes arm or neck pulses hard to feel
How Well
- Specialized
28
3.7
- Specialized
3
8.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pulseless is made of pulse ('a beat') and -less ('without'), so it literally means 'without a beat'. That's why a pulseless person has no heartbeat that can be felt and needs immediate help.