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compression

noun as in condensation

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An official post-mortem examination found Floyd died of a heart attack caused by neck compression.

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While a football coach nearby was calling 911, Murray began chest compressions.

The bands, top and bottom, create visual compression to enhance the ballooning form in between.

Her death was caused by "manual compression to the neck", Inner London Crown Court previously heard.

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This can be "hands-only" CPR to deliver timely chest compressions to get blood pumping.

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