Artificial respiration can save a life whenever breathing has stopped but heartbeat has not, as in near-drowning, electric shock, choking, gas poisoning, drug poisoning, injury to the chest, or suffocation from other causes. It is also administered along with other procedures in cases of cardiac arrest.
-stomy. a combining form used in the names of surgical operations that involve the establishment of an artificial opening into or between the part or parts specified by the initial element: colostomy. -stomia, derivative of stoma stÃ³ma. Mouth-see, -stome y ]. 3
stoma. 1. a mouthlike opening. 2. an incised opening that is kept open for drainage or other purposes, such as the opening in the abdominal wall for colostomy, ureterostomy, and ileal conduit. adj., adj stoÂ´mal.Patient Care.Immediately after a stoma has been created it is observed for changes in color, edema, evidence of prolapse or stenosis, character of output, and condition of the surrounding skin. Normal coloration for a new stoma varies from dark pink to red, similar to the color of healthy mucous membranes.atient Care. Immediately after a stoma has been created it is observed for changes in color, edema, evidence of prolapse or stenosis, character of output, and condition of the surrounding skin.