Agonal breathing is the medical term for gasping for breath. It is usually a symptom of a severe medical emergency, such as stroke or cardiac arrest. Agonal breathing can be brief or it may last for ...
Gasping for air (agonal breathing) is usually a sign that the heart is no longer circulating oxygenated blood. It’s often a brief and inadequate pattern of breathing. Overview Agonal breathing, or ...
Nov. 12, 2004 (New Orleans) -- Training 911 dispatchers to ask a few simple questions can enable them to correctly identify agonal breathing and thus increase the likelihood that cardiopulmonary ...