Glossary Terms and Definitions For CPR
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- AED (Automated External Defibrillator)
- Airway Obstruction
- Allergic Reaction
- Anaphylactic Shock
- Asthma
- Aspiration
- Asystole
- Bag Valve Mask (BVM)
- BLS (Basic Life Support)
- Bradycardia
- Breathing Rate
- Bronchodilators
- Capillary Refill Time
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiac Chain of Survival
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Chest Compression Depth
- Chest Compression Rate
- Chest Rise
- Child CPR
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Circulation
- Conscious Choking
- Cricoid Pressure
- Cyanosis
- Defibrillation
- Diaphragmatic Breathing
- Dispatcher-Assisted CPR
- Drowning
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Epinephrine
- Exhaled Air Resuscitation (EAR)
- External Chest Compressions
- Fibrillation
- First Aid
- First Responder
- Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO)
- Gasping
- Good Samaritan Laws
- Hands-Only CPR
- Head Tilt-Chin Lift
- Heart Rhythm
- Heimlich Maneuver
- High-Quality CPR
- Hyperventilation
- Hypovolemic Shock
- Hypoxia
- Infant CPR
- Intubation
- Initial Assessment
- Jaw Thrust
- Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nasopharyngeal Airway (NPA)
- Oropharyngeal Airway (OPA)
- Oxygen Saturation
- PAD (Public Access Defibrillation)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Perfusion
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Pulse Check
- Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)
- Pulse Oximetry
- Recovery Position
- Rescue Breathing
- Respiratory Arrest
- Respiratory System
- Resuscitation Mask
- Return of Spontaneous Circulation (ROSC)
- SCA (Sudden Cardiac Arrest)
- Septic Shock
- Shock
- Simultaneous Ventilation-Compression CPR
- Sternum
- Stoma
- Stroke
- Supine Position
- Tachycardia
- Tidal Volume
- Time-sensitive Interventions
- Tracheal Intubation
- Tracheostomy
- Two-person CPR
- Universal Precautions
- Unresponsive
- Ventricular Fibrillation (VF)
- Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
- V-fib (Ventricular Fibrillation)
- V-tach (Ventricular Tachycardia)
- Witnessed Arrest
- Xiphoid Process
- Chain of Survival
- Compressions
- Breaths
- AHA (American Heart Association)
- ECC (Emergency Cardiovascular Care)
- Resuscitation Council
- ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation)
- Heart Attack
- Cardiac Rhythm
- EMT (Emergency Medical Technician)
- Paramedic
- Lay Rescuer
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- CPR Certification
- Compression-to-Ventilation Ratio
- Agonal Breaths
- ABC (Airway, Breathing, Circulation)
- 911/112/999 (Emergency Number)
- Scene Safety
- Compression-Only CPR