BVM Ventilation

Today I want to talk about proper ventilation with a Bag-Valve-Mask, aka the BVM. I am joined by my friend Reuben Strayer, MD of EM Updates. You'll see Reub's talk from this year's EMCrit ED Critical Care Conference and hear some of my thoughts as well.

After Reuben's lecture, I made a few points of my own:

* Anesthesiologists can't do one hand BVM as well as they think, at least according to this article: (Anesthesiology 2010; 113:873-9)

* How about the best article on how to manipulate the jaw for optimal BVMing

* Here is a link to an article where I discuss Vent as a Bag and here is the video as well.

need an audio-only version, (right click here and choose save-as), otherwise

Updates:

Please use the Ultimate BVM

* Pressure Gauge

* One-Way Exhalation Port

* PEEP Valve

* ETCO2

Head Rotation for BVM

* ResusME

Or Consider the Oxylator

* The Oxylator Podcast

More on BVM Use

* Kovacs from AIME

* How to Grade Quality of BVM Vent

* Why to Bag during Apneic Period1

And now to the Vodcast...

1.

Casey J, Janz D, Russell D, et al. Bag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults. N Engl J Med. 2019;380(9):811-821. [PubMed]