kiss of life
Emergency breath transfer
The kiss of life is mouth-to-mouth resuscitation—breathing air into an unconscious person's lungs to revive them.
The term is primarily British.
Figuratively, a kiss of life is anything that revives or saves something failing: The investment was a kiss of life for the struggling company.
Emergency artificial respiration
- CPREmergency revival technique
- rescue breathingForcing air into lungs
- artificial respirationMechanically induced breathing
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
defibrillator · chest compressions · revive · lifesaver · paramedic · lifeguard · emergency response · airway
Recovery or moral restoration
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- new beginningChance to start again
lifeline · saving grace · turning point · fresh start · rescue · deliverance · opportunity · last resort
Restore consciousness or vigor
- awakenRouse from slumber
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- comebackRecovery after decline
- restorationReturning something to condition
renewal · reawakening · rejuvenation · regeneration · rebirth · second wind · turnaround · rekindling
Emergency medical transport
- 911Crisis response number
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- emergency servicesUrgent public safety organizations
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
medic · trauma · stretcher · first responder · heart attack · cardiac arrest · choking · medical emergency
mouth-to-mouth
Emergency artificial respiration
- CPREmergency revival technique
- rescue breathingForcing air into lungs
- artificial respirationMechanically induced breathing
resuscitation · defibrillator · chest compressions · revive · lifesaver · paramedic · lifeguard · emergency response · airway · oxygen
redemption
Recovery or moral restoration
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- salvationDeliverance from harm
new beginning · lifeline · saving grace · turning point · fresh start · rescue · deliverance · opportunity · last resort
revive
Restore consciousness or vigor
restoration · renewal · reawakening · rejuvenation · regeneration · rebirth · second wind · turnaround · rekindling · invigoration
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- 911Crisis response number
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- emergency servicesUrgent public safety organizations
triage · medic · trauma · stretcher · first responder · heart attack · cardiac arrest · choking · medical emergency · accident scene
- happy endingshappy ending, fairy tale ending, happily ever after, true ending, love conquers all
kiss of lifekiss of death
Ultimately ruinous act
death blow · fatal blow · coup de grâce · suffocation · lethal injection
kiss of lifedo not resuscitate
Order refusing emergency revival
DNR order · pulling the plug · withdrawal of care · passive euthanasia
kiss of lifekiss of death
Ultimately ruinous act
death knell · Judas kiss · nail in the coffin · death sentence · death warrant
kiss, kisses, kissed, kissing, kisser, life, lives, live, lived