Health Care Systems Practice Exam 2026 – Comprehensive Study Resource

CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. It’s the life-saving technique used when someone’s heart or breathing has stopped. “Cardio” means heart, “pulmonary” refers to the lungs, and “resuscitation” means restoring life or breathing. In practice, CPR combines chest compressions to keep blood circulating and rescue breaths to provide oxygen to the lungs, buying time until advanced care arrives. The other terms listed aren’t standard names for this procedure, so they don’t fit as the meaning of CPR.