kiss of life

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kiss of life

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

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kiss of life

1. (Medicine) mouth-to mouth or mouth-to-nose resuscitation in which a person blows gently into the mouth or nose of an unconscious person, allowing the lungs to deflate after each blow

2. something that revitalizes or reinvigorates

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Noun

kiss of life - an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen

cardiac resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

emergency procedure - (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency)

cardiac massage, heart massage - an emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest

artificial respiration - an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially

resuscitation - the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"

Translations

kunstigt åndedrætmund-til-mund

Mund-zu-Mund-Beatmung

bouche-à-bouche

szájonlélegeztetés

munn viî munn, blástursaîferî

munn-mot-munn-metoden

dýchanie z úst do úst

hayat öpücüğü

口对口的人工呼吸法

kiss of life

n (esp Brit) to give the kiss of life → fare la respirazione bocca a bocca

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kiss

(kis) verb

to touch with the lips as a sign of affection. She kissed him when he arrived home; The child kissed his parents goodnight; The film ended with a shot of the lovers kissing.

noun

an act of kissing. He gave her a kiss.

kiss of life

a mouth-to-mouth method of restoring breathing.

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Research by the Resuscitation Council UK has shown that doing chest compressions is more effective than mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, when performed by people who are not trained in CPR - although, administering the kiss of life is still recommended practice for those who have been trained.

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It says anyone who does not have formal CPR training should skip kiss of life in favour of "hard and fast" compressions in the centre of the chest.

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However, the survival rate can fall to six per cent if they were also given the kiss of life.

Kiss of life can do more harm than good

A TRAFFIC warden took a break from ticketing cars to give a man the kiss of life - before immediately returning to her duties.

Kiss of life proves just the ticket from warden; Traffic official Caroline dashes to rescue of sick man

The horrified dad-of-five saved him by giving the kiss of life at the roadside.

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Why would you want to give it the kiss of life? What we have to do is kill it Robert Kilroy-Silk, the would-be leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party.

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Why would you want to give it the kiss of life? What we want to do is kill and replace it.

NO DEALS SAYS EX TV HOST

And if the only way to revive the Japanese economy is to bring in a convicted felon to give it the kiss of life, then I say the more kissing felons, the merrier.