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Self-inflating resuscitation bag

Manual ventilation bag with a one-way valve, does not need a gas source to reinflate.

How it is used

Emergency manual ventilation during respiratory arrest or before a definitive airway is secured.

Sources

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History

Added to the catalog on 2026-09-29.

Dates derived from the project's public version-control history on GitHub, not a live collaborative edit log.

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