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Pertaining to the heart and lungs
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cardiopulmonary
Word definitions for cardiopulmonary in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1908, from cardio- + pulmonary .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to both the heart and the lungs.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cardiopulmonary \cardiopulmonary\ cardiorespiratory \cardiorespiratory\adj. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; "cardiopulmonary resuscitation" [syn: cardiorespiratory ]
Usage examples of cardiopulmonary.
Sarek laughed so hard at that that he entirely lost his breath, and Amanda panicked and started to give him cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which was useless, because his heart was somewhere other than the spot on which she was pounding.
One of the great contributions of cardiopulmonary resuscitation was that nobody ever died on a carry-out, or in an ambulance, for that matter.
For a moment the only sound in the subchamber was the clicking and sighing of the cardiopulmonary assists that the medical droids had set in place.
ISS is a fairly well-equipped medical facility, with all drugs and equipment needed for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
On earth, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation is demanding enough, in microgravity, it is a nightmare of complex acrobatics, with drifting equipment, tubes and tangling in midair, syringes filled with precious drugs away.
He was in the process of putting the patient on cardiopulmonary bypass.
HIV virus while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a patient who, again, unbeknownst to you, was positive for HIV or AIDS.
And the loss of oxygen to his brain, probably from partial cardiopulmonary failure in the cold, has put him in this coma.
The patient was placed on cardiopulmonary bypass just as if he were undergoing an open-heart operation.
I need EMTs en route, I am initiating cardiopulmonary resuscitation now.
She just has a little problem with petit mal seizures induced by neurologically deficient cardiopulmonary oedema.
Jason McEllrath, someone hung a cardiopulmonary resuscitation dummy behind the screen.
LPNs can give tube feedings, suction patients, do sterile dressings and colostomy care, monitor IVs, and initiate cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, although in such an emergency an LPN is expected to call someone else to follow through.
Conclusion: cardiopulmonary arrest, most likely due to barbiturate overdose.
He drew the man toward him, ready to start mouth-to-mouth respiration or even cardiopulmonary resuscitation if he had to.