chest compression

British  

noun

1. the application of pressure to the chest to prevent it from expanding, used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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Example Sentences

To carry out a chest compression, the NHS advises:

From BBC

He said they would be looking at things like hand position and chest compression depth.

From BBC

A 21-year-old remembered that scene when he found an unresponsive woman in Arizona, and, despite having never been trained in CPR, performed chest compression that may have saved the woman’s life, according to the Arizona Daily Star.

From Los Angeles Times

When paramedics respond to a stroke, there is no wound on which to apply pressure, no dramatic chest compression to deploy.

From New York Times

A well-edited, horrifying sequence takes viewers from room to room with a certain pattern emerging: A nurse in personal protective equipment holds up a phone or tablet in a transparent plastic bag so the patient can communicate with family; the patient seems stable at first but then slips quickly into further illness; and resuscitation efforts, via chest compression, electric shock or epinephrine injection, fail.

From Los Angeles Times