resuscitating
Bringing back breath
Resuscitating is reviving someone or something from unconsciousness, apparent death, or a diminished state.
The term applies literally to emergency medicine—The paramedics spent ten minutes resuscitating the drowning victim—and figuratively to revival efforts of any kind: resuscitating a stalled career, resuscitating a dying language.
Return to consciousness
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revivingRestoring vitality or consciousness
- restartingInitiating anew after stopping
- rekindlingRestoring to flame
reactivation · recovering · regenerating · renewing · rebirth · second-chance · near-death · comeback
Restoring strength or energy
- reinvigoratingRestoring energy or strength
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
- restoringReturning to original condition
- renewingMaking valid again
reigniting · rekindling · reawakening · rehabilitating · salvaging · rescuing · saving · jumpstarting
Emergency revival technique
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- 911Crisis response number
triage · trauma · responder · ER · airway · ventilator · life-support · intensive-care
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- pulseArterial blood throb
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- flatlineShow no heartbeat
asystole · circulation · intubation · cardioversion · ROSC · perfusion · oxygenation
awakening
Return to consciousness
- restorationReturning something to condition
- revivingRestoring vitality or consciousness
- restartingInitiating anew after stopping
rekindling · reactivation · recovering · regenerating · renewing · rebirth · second-chance · near-death · comeback · returning
revitalizing
Restoring strength or energy
- reinvigoratingRestoring energy or strength
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
- restoringReturning to original condition
renewing · reigniting · rekindling · reawakening · rehabilitating · salvaging · rescuing · saving · jumpstarting · kick-starting
CPR
Emergency revival technique
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
911 · triage · trauma · responder · ER · airway · ventilator · life-support · intensive-care · stabilize
heartbeat
Rhythmic cardiac contraction
- breathingPulmonary gas exchange
- pulseArterial blood throb
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
flatline · asystole · circulation · intubation · cardioversion · ROSC · perfusion · oxygenation
resuscitatingkilling
Causing death deliberately
asphyxiating · suffocating · strangling · smothering · exterminating
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitationBreathing for someone else
- cardiopulmonary resuscitationEmergency technique restoring circulation
- resuscitation techniquesActions to restore life