It’s In The Bag: Tidal Volumes in Adult and Pediatric Bag Valve Masks

Introduction: A bag valve mask (BVM) is a life saving device used by all levels of health care professionals during resuscitative care. We focus most of our time optimizing the patient’s position, firmly securing the mask, and frequency of ventilations. However, despite our best efforts to control t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Benjamin Dafilou, Daniel Schwester, Nathan Ruhl, Andreia Marques-Baptista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2020-04-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/37z118tt