| NOUN | act | emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
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| Meaning | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency). | |
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| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Narrower | Heimlich maneuver, Heimlich manoeuvere | An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea |
| artificial respiration | An emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially | |
| cardiac massage, heart massage | An emergency procedure that employs rhythmic compression of the heart (either through the chest wall / wall or, during surgery, directly to the heart) in an attempt to maintain circulation during cardiac arrest | |
| cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, kiss of life | An emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration | |
| Broader | procedure, process | A particular course of action intended to achieve a result |
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