BAG-MASK VENTILATION
INDICATIONS
■ To ventilate and oxygenate a patient.
■ A ventilation face mask may be used with an oropharyngeal or nasopharyngeal airway during spontaneous, assisted, or controlled ventilation.
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Relative
■ In patients with full stomach, cricoid pressure must be maintained to avoid vomiting and aspiration.
Absolute
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