Definition of lifesaving
: designed for or used in saving lives
- lifesaving drugs
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Blue dots represent pharmacies where the lifesaving medication was readily available-- in stock and without a prescription.
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Government and nonprofit groups also are trying to make sure the lifesaving overdose medication naxolone is available in areas where a lot of people use drugs.
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Just a few years ago, the major lifesaving effort was cutting off the supply of unwanted animals through spay and neuter programs.
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The city of Milwaukee honored her for her lifesaving efforts.
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All funds raised at the storytelling event will benefit lifesaving care of pets at CHS.
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The institute has described this type of legislation as a compassionate effort to get potentially lifesaving drugs into the hands of patients who would otherwise not survive.
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As access to a lifesaving drug reduces the risk of overdose death, more dangerous drug use -- including higher doses -- becomes more appealing, the researchers speculated.
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Since undergoing a lifesaving kidney transplant last summer, Selena Gomez has continued to express her appreciation for friend and actor Francia Raísa's organ donation.
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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.
Recent Examples of lifesaving from the Web
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Carter led a legislative effort opposing the construction of a new youth jail in Baltimore, and sponsored a law that requires police to undergo more training on use of force, cultural diversity and lifesaving skills.
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The law also allowed for pharmacies to sell naloxene without a prescription, which can give friends and family who have the antidote on hand a lifesaving tool while emergency medical services are on their way.
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Statistics show that bystanders do CPR only about a third of the time and that women are less likely to receive the lifesaving procedure than men.
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Tyler Langan / Now News Group MENOMONEE FALLS - The Menomonee Falls Fire Department has a new lifesaving tool thanks to a donation from a local company.
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Then its bark became the basis for the lifesaving—and extraordinarily lucrative—breast-cancer drug Taxol.
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This allows air ambulance companies to provide lifesaving services and make decisions based on what is in the best interest of the patient, rather than on arbitrary state, county, or municipal boundaries.
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New guidelines for stroke treatment make more patients eligible for a lifesaving procedure called a thrombectomy.
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Despite the potential risks, medical experts caution patients not to cancel or postpone lifesaving procedures involving endoscopes.
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First Known Use of lifesaving
1861
LIFESAVING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lifesaving for English Language Learners
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: designed for or used in saving people's lives
lifesaving
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
medical Definition of lifesaving
: the skill or practice of saving or protecting the lives especially of drowning persons
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