life support equipment

life support equipment
Equipment designed to sustain aircrew members and passengers throughout the flight environment, optimizing their mission effectiveness and affording a means of safe and reliable escape, descent, survival, and recovery in emergency situations.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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  • life support — noun Date: 1959 medical life support equipment < the patient was placed on life support > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • life support — n equipment, material, and treatment needed to keep a seriously ill or injured patient alive <research shows that if basic life support is used on serious trauma victims within four minutes and advanced life support within eight, nearly 50% of …   Medical dictionary

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