Meaning of "life-support" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF LIFE-SUPPORT

life-support

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIFE-SUPPORT

Life-Support is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LIFE-SUPPORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Life support

Life support refers to the emergency treatments and techniques performed in an emergency situation in order to support life after the failure of one or more vital organs. Healthcare providers and emergency medical technicians are generally certified to perform basic and advanced life support procedures; however, basic life support is sometimes provided at the scene of an emergency by family members or bystanders before emergency services arrive. In the case of cardiac injuries, cardiopulmonary resuscitation is initiated by bystanders or family members 25% of the time. Basic life support techniques such as performing CPR on a victim of cardiac arrest can double or even triple that patients chance of survival. Other types of basic life support include relief from choking, staunching of bleeding, first aid, and the use of an automated external defibrillator. The purpose of basic life support, abbreviated BLS, is to save lives in a variety of different situations that require immediate attention.

Definition of life-support in the English dictionary

The definition of life-support in the dictionary is of or providing the equipment required to sustain human life in an unnatural environment, such as in space, or in severe illness or disability.

TRANSLATION OF LIFE-SUPPORT

Find out the translation of life-support to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of life-support from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «life-support» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 生命支持
• Translator English - Spanish: de soporte vital
• English: life-support
• Translator English - Hindi: जीवन समर्थन
• Translator English - Arabic: دعم الحياة
• Translator English - Russian: жизнеобеспечения
• Translator English - Portuguese: suporte de vida
• Translator English - Bengali: জীবন রক্ষাকারী
• Translator English - French: support - vie
• Translator English - Malay: Sokongan hidup
• Translator English - German: Lebenserhaltungs
• Translator English - Japanese: 生命維持
• Translator English - Korean: 생명 유지
• Translator English - Javanese: Support urip
• Translator English - Vietnamese: hỗ trợ sự sống
• Translator English - Tamil: வாழ்க்கை ஆதரவு
• Translator English - Marathi: जीवन समर्थन
• Translator English - Turkish: yaşam desteği
• Translator English - Italian: supporto vitale
• Translator English - Polish: podtrzymywania życia
• Translator English - Ukrainian: життєзабезпечення
• Translator English - Romanian: viața - suport
• Translator English - Greek: υποστήριξης της ζωής
• Translator English - Afrikaans: lewe - ondersteuning
• Translator English - Swedish: livsuppehållande
• Translator English - Norwegian: life- support

QUOTES WITH «LIFE-SUPPORT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word life-support.

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Jane Poynter

If I hadn't been inside of Biosphere 2 and really lived a biological life-support system, I definitely would not be involved in life-support systems for space.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFE-SUPPORT»

Discover the use of life-support in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to life-support and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Life Support

DON'T COUNT ON SEEING TOMORROW Dr Toby Harper's quiet night is disrupted when a severely ill man stumbles into ER. She suspects a viral brain infection.

Tess Gerritsen, 2012

Life Support

She doesn't have a clue what it will do to her heart...and soul. From the Christy-award-winning author of The List, The Trial, and The Sacrifice comes this twisting tale of tough decisions, mixed motives, and mysterious, healing grace.

Robert Whitlow, 2011

Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia and New Zealand: ...

This international bestselling book on acute paediatric care is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS).

ALSG, 2012

Life Support: The Environment and Human Health

A solutions-oriented examination of the connections between environmental degradation and human health.

Michael McCally, 2002

Community: Taking Your Small Group Off Life Support

This guide for churches brings wisdom and practical insight into growing a gospel-centered, small-group ministry. With wisdom and candor, House helps churches think carefully about the state of their own small groups.

Brad House, 2011

Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach

This international bestselling book on acute paediatric care is the coursebook for the Advanced Life Support Group’s Advanced Paediatric Life Support (APLS).

Advanced Life Support Group, 2011

Advanced Medical Life Support: An Assessment-Based Approach

AMLS Advanced Medical Life Support is the only textbook approved for use by NAEMT's Advanced Medical Life Support course.

NAEMT, 2011

Advanced Cardiac Life Support: A Guide for Nurses

Advanced Cardiac Life Support also discussed ethical and legal issues, record keeping, dealing with bereavement, audit, equipment and training- providing an essential quick reference tool for nurses and health care professionals.

Philip Jevon, 2013

Life Support: Three Nurses on the Front Lines

In this book, Suzanne Gordon describes the everyday work of three RNs in Boston-a nurse practitioner, an oncology nurse, and a clinical nurse specialist on a medical unit.

Suzanne Gordon, 2012

Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics

The structure of this book is such that it gives step-by-step answers to the basic questions concerning life support systems on any scale - from small microbial systems to the Earth's biosphere: Why life support system development and ...

P. Eckart, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFE-SUPPORT»

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5 year-old shot in drive-by taken off life-support, organs donated

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -- Family members tell 13 NEWS the little girl shot in a drive-by earlier this week was taken off life-support. They say Lily ... «WIBW, Jul 15»

Westford shooting victim on life support

"He remains on life-support in a coma, and needs a ventilator (breathing machine) to breathe for him. Please keep your prayers and thoughts ... «BurlingtonFreePress.com, Jul 15»