Intubation or bag-mask ventilation: Outcomes similar for cardiac arrest patients
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Well-done bag-mask ventilation can produce adequate gas exchange for the vast majority of cardiac arrest patients, but does not provide a secure airway and is physically taxing. Patients in cardiac arrest undergoing CPR tend to immediately receive bag-mask ventilation, which is often interrupted to perform endotracheal intubation.
Intubation or bag-mask ventilation: Outcomes similar for cardiac arrest patients
Intubation or bag-mask ventilation: Outcomes…
Intubation or bag-mask ventilation: Outcomes similar for cardiac arrest patients
Well-done bag-mask ventilation can produce adequate gas exchange for the vast majority of cardiac arrest patients, but does not provide a secure airway and is physically taxing. Patients in cardiac arrest undergoing CPR tend to immediately receive bag-mask ventilation, which is often interrupted to perform endotracheal intubation.