BMV uses bag valve masks, or Ambu bags, to supply a person with oxygen. A bag valve mask is a handheld tool that a medical professional can use to pump oxygen into a person’s lungs.

OxyGEN is a project to develop a device for automating a manual ventilator called a bag valve mask. OxyGEN is not a medical device only, it is a device designed with open source to reduce the ...

Neurologically normal survival after witnessed cardiac arrest with a shockable heart rhythm was higher for the passive oxygen flow method (38.2 percent) than bag-valve-mask ventilation (25.8 percent).