English Dictionary

chest rub

名詞

(emergency medicine) A form of applying pain to the sternum of the patient wherein the responder applies strong pressure with his knuckles in an attempt to establish the patient's level of consciousness.

日本語の意味

緊急医療の現場で、胸骨に対して拳等で強い圧力を加え、痛覚による反応を確認することで患者の意識レベルを評価する検査法

When the patient remained unresponsive, the paramedic performed a chest rub to check for signs of consciousness.

患者が反応しなかったため、救急隊員は意識の有無を確認するために胸骨擦過を行った。

意味（1）

(emergency medicine) A form of applying pain to the sternum of the patient wherein the responder applies strong pressure with his knuckles in an attempt to establish the patient's level of consciousness.

It looked like this muscular fireman was hurting my grandmother applying a chest rub as he attended to her fainting but later we understood he was just trying to get her to come to.

chest rubs （ plural ）