resuscitation
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Also called an advance directive, a living will sets forth your wishes regarding life-sustaining treatments, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation or tube feeding, if you are unable to make decisions on your own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
“Police assisted with resuscitation efforts, including the use of a defibrillator,” the release said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026
She had been there when the resuscitation began, and she stayed.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The boy, approximately six months old, was pronounced dead despite resuscitation efforts, the Hadassah Medical Centre said in a statement.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
What a marvelous cooperative arrangement—plants and animals each inhaling the other’s exhalations, a kind of planet-wide mutual mouth-to-stoma resuscitation, the entire elegant cycle powered by a star 150 million kilometers away.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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