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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Nov. 14, Mexico exceeded 1 million cases of COVID-19, and this number continues to increase. Adrian Gutierrez, a senior in Engineering Plus: Mechanical Engineering, spent Summer 2020 developing an ...

WILMINGTON, DE / ACCESSWIRE / February 8, 2023 / The global bag valve masks market was valued at US$ 570.8 Mn in 2021 and is projected to reach more than US$ 936.4 Mn by 2031, according to the market ...

Technology from a University of Cincinnati Venture Lab-backed startup could save lives by allowing emergency medical personnel to accurately monitor the life-saving treatment they provide. The ...

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 ...

For months, physicians around the world worried that the rise in COVID-19 cases would cause an international ventilator shortage as patients relied on machines to help them breathe. Health care ...