Bag mask ventilation (BMV) is a method for providing a person with immediate ventilation in an emergency. BMV involves a medical professional manually pumping oxygen into a person’s lungs using a self ...

One crucial piece of equipment will be the bag valve mask. It takes the place of potentially risky mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. In some places around the country, beaches and pools are taking baby ...

NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — In an emergency, every second counts. Nolensville police officers will now have one more tool to help patients when time matters most. TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are looking to help address a shortage of ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic by creating designs to turn inexpensive bag valve mask resuscitators ...

Preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask device did not reduce the risk for hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with a face mask during emergency tracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) or ...

When someone has serious trouble breathing, care providers often use a mask with an attached bag—which has to be manually squeezed—to pump air into the lungs until a patient can be put on an automatic ...

BROOKSVILLE, Fla — A local company is working on an invention that it hopes will put a big dent in the shortage of ventilation devices around the nation. AtmosHome is a startup company in Brooksville ...

The FDA is getting the word out on an ongoing recall of millions of hand-powered bag valve masks, which may not deliver enough oxygen to a patient in need of resuscitation. The disposable emergency ...

(A) A quarter of bag-valve mask owners knew how to use their equipment, and three-quarters answered they did not know how to use it. (B) Approximately 40% of external battery owners answered that the ...