Eagle saved by "mouth-to-beak" revival

A veterinarian gives a wounded, hairless eagle receives CPR.

The common mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was done to an unexpected recipient in the United States when a veterinarian in Bend, Oregon executed life-saving Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on an eagle under anesthesia during a physical therapy.

Jeff Cooney performed the therapy when the bald eagle, nicknamed "Patriot", stopped breathing according to a KTVZ-TV report. The eagle was brought back to life through Cooney's "mouth-to-beak" resuscitation.

Two La Pine women found the injured eagle near Crane Prairie Reservoir last June. Aside from other injuries, the eagle also endured a dislocated shoulder and paralyzed right leg.

As of now, Cooney said that he's uncertain whether he could return the eagle to the wild. He added that if the bird's foot will not improve in the coming three weeks, he might opt to euthanize it.

Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is defined as the technique used to give artificial respiration to a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against the mouth of the victim and allow reflexive exhalation, obliging air into the lungs at intervals of numerous seconds. — GAIL