Definition

1. Noun:
   • An emergency first-aid procedure: A life-saving technique used when a person has stopped breathing. It involves a rescuer breathing air into the victim's lungs through their mouth to provide oxygen.

Usage

• Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is a core component of CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) for victims who are not breathing.
• It is performed by tilting the victim's head back, pinching their nose shut, and sealing your mouth over theirs to blow air into their lungs.
• The procedure is continued until the victim starts breathing on their own or professional medical help arrives.

Examples

• The lifeguard immediately began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the drowning swimmer.
• Before starting chest compressions, check for breathing and be prepared to administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
• Modern CPR guidelines sometimes emphasize chest compressions over mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for untrained rescuers.

Advanced Usage

• "To perform/give/administer mouth-to-mouth resuscitation": This is the standard collocation for describing the action of using this technique.
  • A bystander performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the ambulance arrived.

Variants and Related Words

• Resuscitation (n): The general act of reviving someone from unconsciousness or apparent death. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is a specific type.
• Artificial respiration (n): A broader term for any method of forcing air into the lungs of a person who has stopped breathing, which includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
• CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) (n): The full emergency procedure that combines chest compressions (external cardiac massage) with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (or other forms of artificial respiration).

Synonyms

• Rescue breathing: A more modern and general synonym.
• Artificial respiration: A formal synonym describing the category of techniques.

Related Phrases

• "The kiss of life": An informal, non-technical idiom for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
  • The newspaper reported that a stranger gave the child "the kiss of life."

Noun

1. an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen