artificial respiration
artificial respiration — noun
1. a way of moving air into someone's lungs after they have stopped breathing on th
a way of moving air into someone's lungs after they have stopped breathing on their own, done either with a machine or by a rescuer breathing into their mouth
The lifeguard pulled Hassan from the pool and gave him artificial respiration.
give artificial respiration to a rescued person
Nurses kept the drowning boy alive with artificial respiration until the doctor arrived.
keep someone alive with artificial respiration
Beatriz learned how to perform artificial respiration during her first-aid course.
The mountain rescue team practised artificial respiration on a plastic training dummy.
Without artificial respiration, the trapped miner would not have survived the night.
- rescue breathing
everyday term for the mouth-to-mouth type
- mechanical ventilation
specifically the machine-assisted type in hospitals
- CPR
wider term that adds chest compressions to restart the heart
文法句型
give/perform artificial respiration
用法筆記
Uncountable: you 'give', 'perform', or 'apply' artificial respiration, never 'an artificial respiration'. Often refers to mouth-to-mouth rescue or machine-assisted breathing in an emergency.