Prehospital emergency care : official journal of the National Association of EMS Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
The performances of standard and ResMed masks during bag-valve-mask ventilation.
A tight mask seal is frequently difficult to obtain and maintain during single-rescuer bag-valve-mask (BVM) ventilation. The ResMed mask (Bella Vista, NSW, Australia) is a continuous-positive-airway-pressure mask (CM) designed for noninvasive ventilation. ⋯ BVM ventilations using ResMed CM resulted in a significantly higher proportion of successful volume deliveries meeting the currently recommended range of tidal volume. Clinical studies are needed to determine the value of the ResMed CM for BVM ventilation.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Chest compression fraction in simulated cardiac arrest management by primary care paramedics: King laryngeal tube airway versus basic airway management.
The objective of this randomized simulation study was to determine whether use of the King laryngeal tube (KLT) airway resulted in differences in chest compression fraction (CCF) during simulated cardiac arrest managed by primary care paramedics (PCPs), as compared with basic airway management (bag-mask ventilation [BMV]). ⋯ In this randomized simulation study, KLT use by PCPs during simulated standard cardiac arrest scenarios was found to significantly increase CCF compared with basic airway management with BMV.