Schafer's method

Schafer's method
Schafer's method /shāˈfərz methˈəd/
noun
A method of artificial respiration in which pressure is exerted on the prone patient's lower back at intervals of several seconds (cf ↑kiss of life)
ORIGIN: Sir Edward Sharpey-Schafer (1850–1935), English physiologist

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