2002 Abstracts
Use of a pressure manometer during manual ventilation: A bench StudyDennis Yetsko RRT, Damian Craig MS, Michael Gentile RRT. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: The medical literature has substantiated ventilator induced lung injury with high peak inflation pressures (PIP?s). However, lung injury during ventilation with a manual resusitator bag is not well defined. We hypothesize that use of an inline pressure manometer in a manual resuscitation bag would result in more consistent PIP?s than not using a manometer.
Methods: We tested twenty Respiratory Care Practitioner’s (RCP’s). All subjects were instructed to ventilate a test lung (PMG 3000, Ingmar Medical, Pittsburgh, PA) for two minutes with a PIP of 35cm H20 and respiratory rate of 20 breaths per minute using an adult manual resuscitation bag with and without a pressure manometer in random order. PIP’s were measured by a pressure differential pneumotachometer (NICO, Novamterix Medical Systems, Wallingford, CT). All PIP data were blinded from the RCP’s.
Results: Mean PIP’s and standard deviation for each RCP were calculated. (Figure 1)
Conclusions: We conclude that PIP’s are more consistent when RCP’s utilize an inline pressure manometer during ventilation with a manual resuscitation bag. This may help RCP’s avoid high PIP’s while using manual resuscitation bag.
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