resuscitator
- n a breathing apparatus used for resuscitation by forcing oxygen into the lungs of a person who has undergone asphyxia or arrest of respiration
- The firemen had to use a resuscitator on Bob before he came around.
- Civil Defense Director Jerry Wyman uncovered a blanketed body, applied a resuscitator and brought one "dead man" to life.
- An hour later, despite the efforts of a fire department crew with a resuscitator, Evangelist Brookshire was pronounced dead, of drowning during a heart attack.