6 Ways To Be Better With The Bag-Valve-Mask | Winner-medi.com
1. Be aware of the components of the Bag-Valve-Mask The main component is the self-inflating bag/manual resuscitation bag The masks themselves can come in a range of sizes and designs. Oxygen inlet at one end with tubing attached. Air intake valve at one end which is what allows the self-inflating bag to self-inflate. Oxygen reservoir bag which helps to ensure that the patient is breathing the maximum amount of oxygen available and if necessary rebreathing the minimum amount of their own gases. 2. Patient positioning Hyperextension of the neck. The ear of the patient should be level with the sternal notch in order to ensure that the plane of the mouth and the larynx are in alignment. 3. Use of adjuncts Another simple way to improve the patient’s airway is to use some airway adjuncts. These would be the guedal airway and the nasopharyngeal airways. 4. Apnoeic Oxygenation That benefit is increased time before the patient begins to desaturate during the procedure, thereby allo...