life-saving apparatus
nounA life-saving apparatus is a tool or machine that helps keep people safe and stops them from getting hurt.
The lifeguard grabbed the life-saving apparatus and threw it to the swimmer in trouble.
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2. Equipment kept on a boat or ship to rescue people who fall into the water.
Every ship must carry life-saving apparatus such as lifeboats and lifebuoys.
3. Medical devices used to keep a very sick or injured person alive.
The ambulance carries life-saving apparatus like defibrillators and oxygen tanks.
4. Firefighting tools and machines used to rescue people from danger.
Firefighters use life-saving apparatus to reach people trapped in burning buildings.
5. Any machine or system designed to prevent death in an emergency.
The mine's life-saving apparatus helped the workers escape when the tunnel flooded.