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Meanings
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artificial respiration; rescue breathing
Medical and first-aid term for manually assisting or restoring breathing, including mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The paramedics began artificial respiration.
In CPR, chest compressions are combined with rescue breathing.
Usage patterns
- 〈人〉に人工呼吸をするto perform artificial respiration on someone
They performed artificial respiration on the drowned child.
- 〈人〉に人工呼吸を施すto administer artificial respiration to someone
The paramedics administered artificial respiration to the man who had collapsed.
- 人工呼吸を受けるto receive artificial respiration
He received artificial respiration before being taken to the hospital.