心しん肺ぱい停てい止し

noun

cardiopulmonary arrest

Medical term for the cessation of both heart and lung function. In clinical contexts, it is a precise diagnosis.

• 救きゅう急きゅう隊たいが到とう着ちゃくしたとき、患かん者じゃは心しん肺ぱい停てい止しの状じょう態たいだった。

  When the ambulance crew arrived, the patient was in cardiopulmonary arrest.

noun

showing no vital signs

Media euphemism used when death has not been officially confirmed by a physician. Often heard in news reports about accidents or disasters.

• 事じ故こで心しん肺ぱい停てい止しの状じょう態たいで病びょう院いんに運はこばれた男だん性せいが、その後ご死し亡ぼうが確かく認にんされた。

  A man who was taken to the hospital in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest after the accident was later confirmed dead.