A bag valve mask, sometimes known by the proprietary name Ambu bag or generically as a manual resuscitator or “self-inflating bag”, is a hand-held device used in emergency medicine to provide positive pressure ventilation to victims who are not breathing or not breathing adequately.
The term “Ambu bag” comes from the acronym for “artificial manual breathing unit”. It consists of a self-inflating bag, one-way valve, mask, and an oxygen reservoir.
This Bag Valve Mask (BVM) device is made out of a view parts that can be disassembled easily. It can easy be cleaned and autoclaved (except the oxygen reservoir). This is not to be confused with the BVM devices used in trainings (contact us for images of those used in our BLS trainings).
The ergonomic, lightweight design of this “ambu” bag is made for optimal user handling and support even during extended ventilations.
