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• Bag valve mask — A bag valve mask (also known as a BVM or Ambu bag) is a hand held device used to provide ventilation to a patient who is not breathing or who is breathing inadequately. The device is a normal part of a resuscitation kit for trained professional,… …   Wikipedia

• Resuscitator — A resuscitator is a device using positive pressure to inflate the lungs of an unconscious person who is not breathing, in order to keep him oxygenated and alive. There are three basic types: a manual version (also known as a bag valve mask )… …   Wikipedia

• Mechanical ventilation — In architecture and climate control, mechanical or forced ventilation is the use of powered equipment, e.g. fans and blowers, to move air  see ventilation (architecture). Mechanical ventilation Intervention …   Wikipedia

• Artificial respiration — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.93 MeSH …   Wikipedia

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation — CPR redirects here. For other uses, see CPR (disambiguation). Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Intervention CPR being performed on a mannequin ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

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• Holger Hesse — The German engineer Dr. Holger Hesse, and his partner, Danish anaesthetist, Henning Ruben invented in 1956, the world s first non electric, self inflating resuscitator known as the Ambu bag. The Ambu bag resuscitator revolutionized possibility of …   Wikipedia

• Ambu (company) — Infobox Company company name = Ambu A/S company company type = Public (OMX|CSE3331|AMBU B) foundation = 1937 location = Copenhagen, Denmark key people = N.E. Nielsen, Chairman K.E. Birk, President CEO Anders Arvai, CFO industry = Healthcare… …   Wikipedia

• Colin Morley — Prof Colin Morley updating his laboratory notebook 1980s Colin Morley, FRCP, FRCPCH, FRACP, is a British/Australian academic Neonatologist. He was the Professor Director of Neonatal Medicine at The Royal Women’s Hospital and The Royal Children’s… …   Wikipedia