Am·bu bag ( m by ) A trademark for a self-reinflating bag used during resuscitation. |
Ambu bag,
a trademark for a resuscitator bag used to assist ventilation. See also bag-valve-mask resuscitator.
Ambu bag
a flexible reservoir bag connected by tubing and a non-rebreathing valve to a face mask or endotracheal tube and used for artificial ventilation. It is self-inflating with room air or from an oxygen source.
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Ambu bag. By permission from Hall L, Clarke KW, Trim C, Veterinary Anaesthesia, Saunders, 2000
Ambu bag
Emergency medicine A self-refilling bag-valve-mask unit with a 1-1.5 liter capacity, used for artificial respiration which, although suboptimal for the non-intubated Pt, is effective for ventilating and oxygenating intubated
Pts, allowing both spontaneous and artificial respiration
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