what does cardiopulmonary arrest mean?
• CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST (noun) The noun CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST has 1 sense: 1. absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death Familiarity information: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST used as a noun is very rare.