CPR

abbreviation for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

CPR

abbreviation for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

CPR

Short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An emergency procedure in which the heart and lungs are made to work by manually compressing the chest overlying the heart and forcing air into the lungs. CPR is used to maintain circulation when the heart stops pumping, usually because of disease, drugs, or trauma.

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Defibrillators are used - alongside resuscitation or CPR - to give the best chance of survival during a cardiac arrest.

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A man was given CPR by officers, but he died at the scene.

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Dive teams worked to recover the bodies and despite CPR efforts all six people have been pronounced dead.

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The CPR said Ms Woods' report had been shared with Ms Pickles and the reviewers and would "assist the CPR review team in relation to key events".

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Hughes said staff immediately started CPR after doing so, disputing a statement by an emergency responder that none had been administered when he arrived.

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