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CPR

noun

  1. emergency procedure that involves breathing into another person's lungs, while performing chest compressions
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Wiktionary

name

  1. Initialism of Canadian Pacific Railway.
  2. Initialism of Civil Procedure Rules.

noun

  1. Initialism of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    “If there is no pulse, or if the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion (eg, poor skin color, unconscious), perform CPR.”

    “Coral, who had taken a CPR course, called 911 and told the others not to touch Amelia.”

  2. Initialism of calibrated peer review.
  3. Initialism of common-pool resource.
  4. Initialism of corrosion penetration rate.

    “CPR, in units of micrometers per year, is calcualted using Faraday's law:”