Assessment of Ventilation Using Adult and Pediatric Manual Resuscitators in a Simulated Adult Patient.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The bag-valve-mask (BVM) or manual resuscitator bag is used as a first-line technique to ventilate patients with respiratory failure. Volume-restricted manual resuscitator bags (eg, pediatric bags) have been suggested to minimize overventilation and associated complications. There are studies that both support and caution against the use of a pediatric resuscitator bag to ventilate an adult patient. In this study, we evaluated the ability of pre-hospital clinicians to adequately ventilate an adult manikin with both an adult- and pediatric-size manual resuscitator bag without the assistance of an advanced airway or airway adjunct device.

Methods

This study was conducted at an international conference in 2022. Conference attendees with pre-hospital health care exper

SUBMITTER: Justice JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11298233 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature