Everything you thought you knew about bagging is probably wrong [Video]

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In this episode of Inside EMS, our cohosts discuss how a lack of training feedback has led to an epidemic of providers not knowing the proper way to bag patients during ventilation, according to Kelly Grayson. He shares his new training plan for performance-focused ventilation and the tools he’s implemented to make the procedure easier to master and understand.

Top takeaways

• Over-ventilation is an issue. Many EMS providers unknowingly over-ventilate patients during resuscitation, resulting in increased intrathoracic pressure and decreased coronary perfusion.
• Smaller BVMs can prevent over-ventilation.Using large BVMs, which …