Description

Bag Refill Valve (with Hose and Standard Fittings)

The Bag Refill Valve makes it possible for bag valve mask resuscitators to easily and quickly deliver 100% oxygen to the patient on a consistent basis.

The Bag Refill Valve comes with an Ambu adapter allowing it to connect into the filling port of a bag valve mask resuscitator for the purpose of providing a high-flow (up to 200 litres/min) source of concentrated oxygen.

The significant difference between the Bag Refill Valve and currently used bag / mask resuscitator reservoir systems is that the bag refill valve will conserve gas which conventional reservoir systems tend to waste. It will approximately DOUBLE the working duration of any oxygen cylinder when compared to using a BVM reservoir system receiving oxygen continuously at 15 litres per minute.

In addition the first vital ventilations of the patient will be very close to 100% oxygen as opposed to a reservoir system which typically slowly builds towards a concentration of between 60 to 90% oxygen. An excellent clinical advantage when those first few seconds to oxygenate the patient are vital.

In early 2004 Laerdal changed their BVM design. A new rear inlet valve assembly is now being utilised.

BVM Designs such as this are not compatible with bag refill valves of any brand.

So, as a specific example, the Laerdal The Bag II BVM cannot be used with bag refill valves.