resuscitation n 1: the act of reviving a person and returning them to consciousness; "although he was apparently drowned, resuscitation was accomplished by artificial respiration"
Resuscitation \Re*sus`ci*ta"tion\, n. [L. resuscitatio.] The act of resuscitating, or state of being resuscitated. [1913 Webster] The subject of resuscitation by his sorceries. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]