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CPR
CPR
abbreviation for
- cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CPR
/ ŧ′pŧ-ä′ /
- Short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An emergency procedure in which the heart and lungs are made to work by manually compressing the chest overlying the heart and forcing air into the lungs. CPR is used to maintain circulation when the heart stops pumping, usually because of disease, drugs, or trauma.
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Dive teams worked to recover the bodies and despite CPR efforts all six people have been pronounced dead.
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The CPR said Ms Woods' report had been shared with Ms Pickles and the reviewers and would "assist the CPR review team in relation to key events".
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Hughes said staff immediately started CPR after doing so, disputing a statement by an emergency responder that none had been administered when he arrived.
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When police and fire personnel arrived at the scene of the incident, they found Dale unconscious and Rylaarsdam performing CPR, according to the affidavit.
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Ally and another crew member performed CPR for 40 minutes without success.
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