What does cardiopulmonary resuscitation mean?
• CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (noun) The noun CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION has 1 sense: 1. 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 Familiarity information: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION used as a noun is very rare.