What is Ambu Ball Squeeze?

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The article is professionally consulted by Master, Doctor Tong Van Hoan - Emergency Medicine Doctor - Emergency Department - Vinmec Danang International Hospital. Doctor with 10 years of experience in the field of Emergency Resuscitation.

1. What is Ambu Ball Squeeze?

Squeezing the ambu ball is a technique of squeezing the ball through a mask, helping to create a breathing rhythm for the patient, providing oxygen to the brain and organs in the body.
Squeeze ambu ball is often performed in combination with other cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, indicated in the following cases:
Patient stops breathing, circulation due to electric shock, sleeping drug poisoning, opiate poisoning . Non-invasive mechanical ventilation, need for intubation Respiratory and circulatory arrest are very serious conditions, if the emergency is delayed, the patient will have irreversible brain damage and lead to death.

2. Advantages of squeezing ambu . balls

The advantage of squeezing the ambu ball is that the device is very simple, compact, and can be placed in the emergency suitcases of the hospital to be used to treat patients on the spot.
If the ambu balloon technique is done correctly, providing the necessary amount of air to the lungs will help the patient recover well, or there will be enough time to transport the patient to medical facilities with ventilators to continue resuscitation.
A balloon pump set includes the following components:
Ambu Ball: 1 Pcs Mask sized to fit the patient's face Oxygen wire from the oxygen system to the ambu bulb

3. The technique of squeezing the ambu . ball

Squeezing the ambu ball is performed as soon as the patient shows signs of severe respiratory failure, yawning, or apnea. The nurse quickly checked the condition of the balloon and mask, connected the ambu bulb and the mask, connected the oxygen lead from the oxygen system to the ambu bulb, adjusted the oxygen 8-10 liters.
The patient is placed in the supine position, with the neck flexed as much as possible to help straighten the airway, a thin pillow can be placed under the shoulder to help the neck supine.
How to squeeze the ambu ball is done as follows:
Hook the patient's throat to remove foreign objects, if any, wipe the patient's mouth and nose. Hold the mask close to the patient's mouth and nose. The mask is triangular in shape, with the top of the mask facing the nose and the bottom facing the mouth. The rescuer's left hand: 2 fingers 1,2 firmly press the mask from the top to the bottom with moderate force, tight enough so that air does not escape from the cheeks. 3 fingers 3, 4, 5 hook into the corner of the patient's jaw, help fix the mask and help push the lower jaw forward. The rhythmic coordination of 5 left fingers of the first responder helps to hold the mask firmly in place so that when squeezing it does not move, it also helps to keep the patient's airway open. The right hand of the rescuer performs squeezing the balloon 12-14 times/minute for adults and 25-30 times/minute for children. Squeeze the ball regularly, when squeezing, observe the patient's response clinically, SpO2 through the monitor. Combine an ambu balloon with chest compressions if there is circulatory arrest. Squeeze the balloon until the patient wakes up or breathes again, the pupils constrict. After squeezing the ambu ball, the nurse removes the mask from the patient's face.

Common complications when squeezing ambu balloons are pneumothorax and abdominal distention due to gas entering the stomach. The doctor will examine, depending on the degree of pneumothorax, there will be appropriate treatment methods.

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