Pulmotor

[ puhl-moh-ter, pool- ]

Trademark.

1. a mechanical device for artificial respiration that forces oxygen into the lungs when respiration has ceased because of asphyxiation, drowning, etc.

Pulmotor

/ ˈpʌlˌməʊtə; ˈpʊl- /

noun

1. an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration

Example Sentences

It was only after a few thousand citizens had failed to respond to the pulmotor which was kept at every station to revive weaklings, that the divine right of human beings to decent transportation became a real public issue.

From Project Gutenberg

Massage and a pulmotor were applied, and within an hour the child was breathing normally.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's an emergency truck they got, with oxygen inside�a pulmotor�everything you need.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ramspeck resurrected the measure, answered the lies, used a pulmotor of persuasion on fainthearts, avoided personalities, stuck grimly to the merits of merit.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 10:04 they called the police for oxygen tanks and a Pulmotor.

From Time Magazine Archive