mouth-to-mouth
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a method of artificial respiration in which the rescuer's mouth is placed tightly over the victim's mouth in order to force air into the victim's lungs by blowing forcefully enough every few seconds to inflate them
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Perform chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to maintain blood flow and breathing until medical attention arrives.2
Injury to the larynx may occur as a result of asphyxiation.
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Korin Miller, Health, 10 May 2024
Unlike similar efforts in the past, the training wasn’t centered around chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but on how to save someone from an opioid overdose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported in May 2023 that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple team members took turns providing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before EMS and fire department personnel arrived.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
The simplest method is mouth-to-mouth breathing, but the Homeless Health Care teams use masks hooked up to oxygen cylinders, a tool more commonly seen on ambulances and in hospitals.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
Without proper positioning, mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths can be sent into the stomach instead of the lungs, for example.
—Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Chest compressions and a few attempts by Georgia at mouth-to-mouth kept Mills’ blood moving for the five minutes that passed before emergency medical personnel arrived.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
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Korin Miller, Health, 10 May 2024
Unlike similar efforts in the past, the training wasn’t centered around chest compressions or mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but on how to save someone from an opioid overdose.
—Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
No one knows for sure when humans first figured out that mouth-to-mouth contact could be used for romance and erotic pleasure, but scientists reported in May 2023 that people were locking lips at least 4,500 years ago.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Multiple team members took turns providing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before EMS and fire department personnel arrived.
—Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 2 Feb. 2024
The simplest method is mouth-to-mouth breathing, but the Homeless Health Care teams use masks hooked up to oxygen cylinders, a tool more commonly seen on ambulances and in hospitals.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
Without proper positioning, mouth-to-mouth rescue breaths can be sent into the stomach instead of the lungs, for example.
—Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
Chest compressions and a few attempts by Georgia at mouth-to-mouth kept Mills’ blood moving for the five minutes that passed before emergency medical personnel arrived.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2023
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“Mouth-to-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouth-to-mouth. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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