planned process cardiopulmonary resuscitation A planned process consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to mouth in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest. CPR Mathias Brochhausen https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cardiopulmonary_resuscitation&oldid=1193977417