The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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"