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recitation, resuscitation
recitation (res" i TAY shuhn) (noun)
1. The situation of reading out loud: The poet gave a public recitation of her most famous writings.
2. The act or process of enumerating information: When asked by the Mrs. Smart for his report, Tom gave a recitation of the facts about earthquakes.
resuscitation (ri suhs" i TAY shuhn) (noun)
The process by which someone is brought back from a state of unconsciousness: The paramedics were able to provide emergency resuscitation to the patient so he could be transferred to a hospital.

In the middle of Debora's recitation, she suddenly fainted. The paramedics provided resuscitation and she was revived and, amazingly, she was able to complete her recitation.

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resuscitation (s) (noun), resuscitations (pl)
1. The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead, it includes such measures as artificial respiration and cardiac massage.
2. Act of reviving a person and returning him or her to consciousness.
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Word Entries containing the term: “resuscitation”
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR
1. A basic emergency procedure for life support, consisting of artificial respiration and manual external cardiac massage.
2. The emergency substitution of heart and lung action to restore life to someone who appears dead.

The two main components of conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, are chest compression to make the heart pump and mouth-to-mouth ventilation to breath for the victim.

Hands-only CPR is a form of resuscitation that involves continuous, rapid chest compressions only, and although effective, it is not as beneficial as conventional CPR in a patient who is not breathing.

In the event of an early heart attack, death can often be avoided if a bystander calls emergency services (911 in the U.S. or 112 in Europe) and starts CPR promptly.

Hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation was approved by the American Heart Association in April, 2008, as a measure to allow untrained or fearful bystanders to be able to initiate help in the event of a cardiac arrest. If others are present, one person should attempt to locate an automated external defibrillator (AED) while another administers CPR.

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