bag valve mask
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[edit]Noun
[edit]bag valve mask (plural bag valve masks)
- (medicine) A bag used to resuscitate a patient by supplying air or oxygen directly to the trachea and into the lungs.
Synonyms
[edit]- BVM (abbreviation)
- ambu bag, ambubag, Ambu bag (trademark genericization of "Ambu", the initial manufacturer)
- artificial manual breathing unit / AMBU / ambu (genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit)
- Ambu resuscitator, ambu resuscitator
- manual resuscitator
- self-inflating bag
- bag (colloquial)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- to bag (to use a BVM)
- bagging (the action of using a BVM)
- IPPB (“intermittent positive pressure breathing”)
- respirator
- ventilator
- PPV (“positive pressure ventilation”)
- IPPV (“intermittent positive pressure ventilation”)
- NPPV (“noninvasive positive pressure ventilation”)
- NIV (“non-invasive ventilation”)
Derived terms
[edit]- BVM (abbreviation)
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