CPR

English

Noun

CPR (countable and uncountable, plural CPRs)

1. Initialism of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
   • 2007, Benjamin Gulli, Stephen J. Rahm, Professional Rescuer CPR, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 45:

     If there is no pulse, or if the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion (eg, poor skin color, unconscious), perform CPR.

   • 2025 November 30, David Darlington, “The Shocking Crash That Led Marin County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes”, in The New York Times Magazine‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 November 2025:

     Coral, who had taken a CPR course, called 911 and told the others not to touch Amelia.

2. Initialism of calibrated peer review.
3. Initialism of common-pool resource.
4. Initialism of corrosion penetration rate.
   • 2018, C. Suryanarayana, A. Inoue, Bulk Metallic Glasses, second edition, Boca Raton, F.L.: CRC Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     CPR, in units of micrometers per year, is calcualted using Faraday's law:

Translations

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Dutch: CPR c Finnish: PPE (fi) French: RCP (fr) f, RCR f German: HLW f Icelandic: hjarta-lungnalífgun (is) f Polish: RKO (pl) n Spanish: RCP (es) f Swedish: HLR c

Proper noun

CPR

1. (rail transport, Canada, US) Initialism of Canadian Pacific Railway.
2. (law, England and Wales) Initialism of Civil Procedure Rules.

Anagrams

• cr*p, PCr, RPC, PRC, P.R.C., RCP, CRP, PCR

French

Proper noun

CPR ?

1. (sports) RPC (“Russian Paralympic Committee”): initialism of Comité Paralympique Russe