| resuscitable | Capable of resuscitation; as, resuscitable plants. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| resuscitate | To revivify; to revive; especially, to recover or restore from apparent death; as, to resuscitate a drowned person; to resuscitate withered plants. Origin: Resuscitated; Resuscitating. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| resuscitation | <procedure> The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead, it includes such measures as artificial respiration and cardiac massage. Origin: L. Resuscitare = to revive (18 Nov 1997) |
| resuscitation orders | Instructions issued by a physician pertaining to the institution, continuation, or withdrawal of life support measures. The concept includes policies, laws, statutes, decisions, guidelines, and discussions that may affect the issuance of such orders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| resuscitator | An obsolete term for an apparatus that forces gas (usually O2) into lungs to produce artificial ventilation. (05 Mar 2000) |