Bag-valve-mask resuscitators fitted with pressure-limiting valves—Safety feature or potential hazard?

• Matthew Humar,
• Benjamin Meadley,
• Christopher Groombridge,
• Bart Cresswell,
• David Anderson,
• Ziad Nehme

Affiliations

Matthew Humar

Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia; Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Level 2, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia; Corresponding author at: Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Road, Doncaster, PO Box 2000, Doncaster, VIC 3108, Australia.

Benjamin Meadley

Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia; Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Level 2, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia

Christopher Groombridge

School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Level 6, Alfred Centre, 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; National Trauma Research Institute, Level 4/89 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia

Bart Cresswell

Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia

David Anderson

Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia; Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Level 2, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia; The Alfred Hospital, Alfred Health, 55 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia

Ziad Nehme

Ambulance Victoria, 375 Manningham Rd, Doncaster, Melbourne, Victoria 3108, Australia; Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Level 2, Building H, Peninsula Campus, 47-49 Moorooduc Hwy, Frankston, Victoria 3199, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, 553 St Kilda Rd Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia