Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
Aha, found it on wikipedia: Сердечно-лёгочная реанимация -- is there a more common name for this in Russian?
Oh, I see! Thanks!

Quote Originally Posted by Throbert McGee View Post
By the way, in some old Soviet movies -- and also some old American ones -- I've seen a form of "искусственное дыхание" in which the victim's arms are simply moved up and down. So it was very different from the more modern "CPR" method in which the rescuer сильно нажимает на грудь жертвы (if that's the right expression) and the дыхание is performed "рот к рту".
However, I think we just called it "искусственное дыхание", other terms (as СЛР) are not widely known (except people with medical education). And the modern method you are describing is also "искусственное дыхание".