What does resuscitation mean?
Word: Resuscitation
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Resuscitation means the act of bringing back to life someone whose heart or breathing has stopped, for example by pressing hard on the chest and breathing into the mouth.
Synonyms: revival
Word origin: From Latin resuscitare, 'to raise up again, to revive', from re- 'again' and suscitare, 'to raise', from sub- 'up' and citare 'to set moving'.
How do you spell resuscitation?
Syllables: re - sus - ci - ta - tion
Tricky part: A silent c follows the second s. Students hear 'resusitation' and leave the c out.
Watch out for: resusitation, resusetation
Memory tip: Say the silent c as a hard k in your head while you write, then drop it again when you speak.
Resuscitation in a sentence
Example 1: The first-aid poster in our corridor shows the steps of resuscitation.
Example 2: All Class 8 students learnt basic resuscitation at a first-aid workshop.
Example 3: The school nurse checks the resuscitation kit at the start of every term.
Fun Fact
CPR, the emergency method of pressing on the chest, stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: cardio for the heart and pulmonary for the lungs.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the misspelt word:
a) annotation
b) ressuscitation
c) commission
d) accumulation
Show answer
b) ressuscitation. Resuscitation starts re-sus-, with one s before the u.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
The lifeguard showed us resuscitation on a practice dummy and explained how the ambulence crew would take over.
a) 3
b) 1
c) 2
d) 0
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b) 1. Ambulance ends in -ance; resuscitation and the other words are correct.
Sound Check
In which word is 'sc' pronounced differently?
a) resuscitation
b) scarf
c) scene
d) science
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b) scarf. In scarf the sc says sk; in resuscitation, science and scene it is a plain s.
Spell Probe
Choose the meaning of the misspelt word in the given sentence:
At the summer camp, a nurse taught the older children the basics of resuscitasion.
a) the simplest and most important parts of a subject
b) the emergency work of getting a stopped heart or breathing going again
c) a place where children stay and do activities in the holidays
d) a person trained to care for people who are ill
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b) the emergency work of getting a stopped heart or breathing going again. Resuscitasion should end in -tion; resuscitation brings back someone whose breathing has stopped.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Speed matters in resuscitation mainly because ___.
a) the patient may catch a cold on the floor
b) the first-aid box has to be returned soon
c) the ambulance crew must first sign a form
d) the body can last only a few minutes without oxygen
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d) the body can last only a few minutes without oxygen
2. Who is most likely to be trained in resuscitation?
a) a tailor in a market
b) a nurse in an emergency ward
c) a painter of houses
d) a librarian at a school
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b) a nurse in an emergency ward
