Definition of lifesaving
:designed for or used in saving lives
- lifesaving drugs
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The governor then pretended to squirt the lifesaving drug naloxone, used to reverse opioid overdoses, into the doctor's nostrils.
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When help is just a heartbeat away Lifesaving defibrillators dot many state schools, but advocates say they should be required Devere and Jane Fair are convinced their son would be dead if not for a lifesaving device at Speedway High School.
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Even before media reports and a congressional hearing vilified Valeant Pharmaceuticals International for raising prices on a pair of lifesaving heart drugs, Dr. Umesh Khot knew something was very wrong.
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The American Lung Association wants to change that, by encouraging people who are at high risk of lung cancer to talk to their doctor about a potentially lifesaving screening procedure.
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Take the EpiPen, the lifesaving device for kids and adults with severe allergies, whose price was famously hiked up over 500% in the years after it was acquired by Mylan.
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Ingersol provided a lifesaving instructional overview, which included: fire suppression and safety, CPR and proper AED use, Epi-pens and Narcan nasal spray administration, and the ABC's of what to do in an emergency once 9-1-1 has been dialed.
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His company drastically jacked up the price of a potentially lifesaving drug, Daraprim, from $13.50 to $750 per pill.
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BROOKLYN, Ohio - Residents in all four cities serviced by the Parma Regional Dispatch Center will now be able to provide lifesaving assistance to victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
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First Known Use of lifesaving
1598
Definition of lifesaving
:the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
Examples of lifesaving in a Sentence
All lifeguards are trained in lifesaving.
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As a result, resources from the Disaster Relief Fund have been made available to support the lifesaving efforts happening right now.
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The island features a Duluth-style lifesaving station (lighthouse) built in 1896.
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But real lifesaving change runs deeper than this, something that Jackson is well aware.
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January tallied almost 400, February 643, and March, 1,201 milligrams of the lifesaving overdose reversal drug.
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The plot has the Baywatchers rescuing drowning people, dispensing helpful lifesaving tips and tangling with a drug-smuggling villainess played by Priyanka Chopra.
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Burnsville police officer Erin Holznagel provided lifesaving care to a stab victim who had lost about 70 percent of his blood.
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In the mid-1940s, when penicillin became the standard treatment for syphilis, doctors never provided the men with the lifesaving treatment.
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The complaint says that only five inmates were treated with the lifesaving medications.
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First Known Use of lifesaving
1861
LIFESAVING Defined for English Language Learners
lifesaving
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adjective
Definition of lifesaving for English Language Learners
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: designed for or used in saving people's lives
lifesaving
noun
Definition of lifesaving for English Language Learners
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: the skills needed to save the lives of people who are drowning
Medical Dictionary
medical Definition of lifesaving
:designed for or used in saving lives
- lifesaving drugs
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