One of the most misunderstood pieces of equipment we have is the bag valve mask. Easy to operate, but hard to master, it’s one of the fundamental skills we need to master.

Rommie Duckworth is a nationally-known paramedic and educator in Connecticut who is truly passionate about education and ventilation, and Dan gets to pick his brain and talk about what really matters when we have to breathe for our patients who can’t do it for themselves.

Check out Rommie here:

https://romduck.com

If we’re talking airway or ventilation, Dr. Jim DuCanto isn’t far from the discussion. We talk about his method of BVM grip in the episode, and you can learn more here:

https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/emsworld/original-contribution/edge-there-better-grip-face-mask-ventilation

Here’s a paper Dan did with some colleagues showing smaller sized BVMs gave a more physiologically appropriate tidal volume and pressure:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7234703/

The Refresh 2021 program is still available until March 31…..EMTs and Paramedics should jump on this, it’s totally FREE!

https://www.prodigyems.com/refresh2021