Chest Compression

Chest compression may refer to:

  • The prevention of the expansion of the chest, see Compressive asphyxia
  • A technique used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation or for the treatment of choking

Famous quotes containing the words chest and/or compression:

    “It was obvious that the size of your chest was in direct proportion to the size of your salary.”
    —Cynthia Hess, U.S. exotic dancer. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, p. 19 (April 25, 1994)

    “Do they [the publishers of Murphy] not understand that if the book is slightly obscure it is because it is a compression and that to compress it further can only make it more obscure?”
    —Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)