bag valve mask

English

a bag valve mask

Noun

bag valve mask (plural bag valve masks)

1. (medicine) A bag used to resuscitate a patient by supplying air or oxygen directly to the trachea and into the lungs.

Synonyms

• 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

• 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

• BVM (abbreviation)

Translations

Translations

• French: ballon autoremplisseur à valve unidirectionnelle, BAVU
• Italian: pallone auto-espandibile, pallone di AMBU, AMBU
• Polish: ambu (pl) n