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There is no treatment; doctors can offer only supportive care, such as hydration, artificial respiration or dialysis.

From Salon ● May 9, 2026

“I had a patient just now who needed artificial respiration, and I had none available,” Dr. Rodríguez said.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2016

He suffered the heart attack while in an ambulance, before being transferred by helicopter to hospital, where he was put on artificial respiration and fell into a coma.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2016

He removed a blood clot from the wound and, straddling the president’s body, began to administer a crude form of artificial respiration, which he said revived Lincoln.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 10, 2015

In cases of apparent death from hanging or strangling, the knot should be untied or cut immediately; then use artificial respiration, or breathing, as directed in apparent death from drowning.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter


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