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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

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mouth-to-mouth resuscitation [′mau̇th tə ′mau̇th ri‚səs·ə′tā·shən]
(medicine)
A method of artificial respiration in which the rescuer's mouth is placed over the victim's mouth and air is blown forcefully into the victim's lungs every few seconds to inflate them.


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They sat her on the lawn to give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before paramedics took her to the hospital.
Officers Carey and Theard entered the water, brought the boy out of the pool, and performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him, saving his life.
My wife had to revive him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
 
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