How to Use resuscitation in a Sentence

resuscitation

noun
  • Though in need of resuscitation, the genre still has a healthy pulse.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Her boyfriend learned valuable tips about mouth-to-mouth resuscitation without having to seek it out.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The door to the resuscitation room burst open as nurses rushed to lay a seizing infant on the table.
    — Allison Ong, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In the event of a third resuscitation, would Enriquez have the same answer?
    — Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Her work, then, is the work of resuscitation via bewitchment.
    — Ocean Vuong, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Jackson doesn’t respond to resuscitation attempts and dies the same day.
    — CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Despite resuscitation efforts, all three were pronounced dead at the scene, per the outlets.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
  • The victim died at the scene despite resuscitation efforts by paramedics, Davis said.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation helps deliver oxygen to the lungs if a person has stopped breathing.
    — Korin Miller, Health, 10 May 2024
  • Paramedics and emergency room staff were able to recover the boy’s pulse amid resuscitation efforts.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021
  • The advance directive can state whether or not the dying person wants resuscitation or a feeding tube.
    — Hazlitt, 7 Jan. 2026
  • When a rescue boat arrived and pulled her out, despite an hour of resuscitation efforts, she was pronounced dead from drowning.
    — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The witness advised the injuries observed would not have been caused by resuscitation efforts.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 7 May 2024
  • There are two infant resuscitation rooms for the most critical babies.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • Lives were saved and the pit-crew model was widely adopted for pediatric surgery and neonatal resuscitation around the world.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • In some cases, resuscitation can save the person, but no one tried chest compressions until the nurse arrived.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The dog was found unconscious, and unable to be saved despite resuscitation efforts, the release said.
    — Courier-News, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
  • Some big questions about his resuscitation remain, but the important thing is that Dexter is back.
    — Michileen Martin, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
  • In fact, this could be the NBA’s equivalent of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • When two people tried to help them by giving them mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, they too were exposed to fentanyl and had to be hospitalized.
    — al, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And that allowed for very immediate resuscitation on the field.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2023
  • This explains why there were resuscitation instructions by the pool Travis set up at the Navarros’ house.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The original report said the drug wasn't used in resuscitation efforts after the crash, but that was incorrect.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
  • It was also alleged that there was only one nurse at the facility, who was not trained to give emergency resuscitation.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Despite resuscitation efforts by officers and paramedics, the victim died at the scene, police said.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • One witness said an officer on scene began giving the child mouth-to-mouth resuscitation before he was placed in an ambulance.
    — NBC News, 24 July 2021
  • On the night of the resuscitation, Karenowska led a discussion about Keats on Zoom.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Hamlin lost his pulse on the field and needed to be revived through resuscitation and defibrillation.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 27 July 2023
  • To assist emergency units, police are trained in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, and they are equipped with trauma kits.
    — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 19 Aug. 2022
  • But for others, the typo resurgence could be clearing the way for the resuscitation of other, old-school symbols of sloppy writing.
    — Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026

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