Bag-valve-mask resuscitators fitted with pressure-limiting valves-Safety feature or potential hazard?

Matthew Humar; Benjamin Meadley; Christopher Groombridge; Bart Cresswell; David Anderson; Ziad Nehme

doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100789

Bag-valve-mask resuscitators fitted with pressure-limiting valves-Safety feature or potential hazard?

Resusc Plus. 2024 Sep 28:20:100789. doi: 10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100789. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Authors

Matthew Humar^{1

2}, Benjamin Meadley^{1

2}, Christopher Groombridge^{3

4

5}, Bart Cresswell¹, David Anderson^{1

2

5}, Ziad Nehme^{1

2

6}

Affiliations

¹ Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia.
² Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Level 2, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia.
³ School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Level 6, Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
⁴ National Trauma Research Institute, Level 4/89 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
⁵ The Alfred Hospital, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.
⁶ School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac arrest resuscitation; Prehospital airway management; Pressure-limiting valve; Respiratory failure; Self-inflating resuscitators.