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 ...

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 ...

The ventilation technique, also known as rescue breathing, commonly used during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for people with cardiac arrest is often performed poorly by professional emergency ...