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Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. (CPR)

Privately owned company that operates one of Canada's two transcontinental railroad systems. The company was created in 1881 to complete a railroad from Montreal to Port Moody in British Columbia. Its passenger services were taken over by VIA Rail Canada in 1978. After its former parent company, Canadian Pacific Ltd., reorganized in 2001, CPR became a publicly owned operator of freight rail lines across Canada and in parts of the U.S.


cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Emergency procedure to restore breathing and circulation in an unconscious person. A trained rescuer opens the airway and confirms the absence of breathing and pulse. Resuscitation itself consists of alternating mouth-to-mouth breathing (see artificial respiration) and repeated pressure on the chest to circulate the blood.


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The ARC hopes the new changes will lead to more people receiving CPR following a cardiac arrest.
Who would have guessed that the CPR commission and its 2,200-page treatise could become but one more exercise in futility?
Little explained that the USDA would issue details of the next general sign-up after the department more fully evaluates the supply/demand situation with respect to the CPR and the market demand for additional crop acres.
 
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