artificial respiration
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By the mid-1950s, however, artificial respiration was possible through the use of machines that filled the lungs with air, oxygenating the blood and thereby keeping the brain and heart working on.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2021
“I had a patient just now who needed artificial respiration, and I had none available,” Dr. Rodríguez said.
From New York Times • May 15, 2016
He suffered the heart attack while in an ambulance, before being transferred by helicopter to hospital, where he was put on artificial respiration and fell into a coma.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2016
He removed a blood clot from the wound and, straddling the president’s body, began to administer a crude form of artificial respiration, which he said revived Lincoln.
From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2015
In cases of apparent death from hanging or strangling, the knot should be untied or cut immediately; then use artificial respiration, or breathing, as directed in apparent death from drowning.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin