EMT Skills: Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM) Ventilation - EMTprep.com 

Good video except that having the O2 tank standing up is a critical fail in the exam

“Is there anything else you’d like to do” always gets me 😭🤧

I am currently in EMT class and one of the first things we learned was to never stand an oxygen tank on its flat bottom, always have it lying on its side. We were also told to verbalize what method of opening the airway we were using (jaw thrust or head tilt chin lift) and to verbalize we were using the EC method to make a seal of the mask to patients face. Not trying to nitpick, but our instructor said our proctors will nitpick us doing our practical. Great informative test prep videos nonetheless. Thank you very much for the videos.

Not me watching this video a million times over before my midterm exam tonight 😅

Moby is killing these assessment skills !

EMTpret out here doing GODS WORK! THANKS A LOT!

I use to be in the EMS field back in the early 80's, now with a aging mother with some medical conditions? I find myself returning to these BLS procedures . Im glad i discovered the channel here as a great reference guide . To be honest though. I really don't plan on doing a lot of the techniques but i will get my C.P.R. card and do a advance first aid class of which should with this video of refeshing certain techniques will come in handy. In close. Watching these great video's certainly takes me back in time to when i took my class in EMS , EMT B classes. Thanks. 👍

Thanks so much for the great videos! They were very helpful for myself as well as my classmates for our NREMT!

Thank you so much for these videos! I have my exams for EMT-B next month and these are a huge help.

taking my exam tonight your videos have helped a lot thanks

He didn't measure out the catheter... corner of mouth to earlobe

Great video! Really breaks down step by step in such a basic teachable way. Only thing is verbalize that you're going to suction no more then 15 seconds! Other than that spot on.

I'm soooo happy I found these! total lifesaver! no pun intended lol ;)

When during exam I got asked the question "Is there anything else you'd like to do", I would usually stare at the patient, look at the examiner for some clue then look at the patient again then at the examiner again and blank out. I can never confidently say "I don't have anything to do anymore"

Thank you for these videos, they are so helpful while i am currently getting EMT cetified

I didn't know Dr. Mark Greene from ER was an EMT before going to med school. Nice video, thanks!

Great video. Thanks for posting it.

In case yall didn't know, the O2 tank is standing up when it should be laid down. Totally kidding ;) great videos!!!! I recommend yall to my class mates, the videos and your testprep

The tank standing up isn't as bad as the ventilations........should be every 5-6 seconds not every 2 or 3. These videos are great learning tools and they did a great job. Just remember no one is perfect.

Great job. I've always been taught to measure the OPA before inserting but other than that I thought you guys did really well. Very smooth.

Suggestion: Always place the O2 tank on its side! You can see how it is unstable while on its end in the video. Having said this, these videos are extremely helpful. Thanks!

2024 and this was very helpful for my exam

Yep, its always the purple OPA

Great videos guys, really helpful. Pls make more, especially cpr with manual defibrilation- monophasic. 3rd world problems lol. thanks.

Great video! How often would you check for a pulse though? Is there a specific?

In Ga they make you say you are using the CE technique, Verbalize measurement of the OPA, say you are suctioning in a zig zag formation.

Thank you for this video!!! But now do we need to verbalize the amount of oxygen we are giving?

My instructor “your breaths were all over the place. Definitely not one every five to six seconds”

Also to determine adequate ventilations you could inform the proctor that you would ask your partner to ausculate lung sounds and look for improvement in skin color.

Very nice

is the reservoir supposed to be attached to the BVM when you first ventilate the Pt.?

With atraumatic suction catheters you can insert with suction.

my exam is tomorrow, binging all these videos as my last bit of prep. I'm so nervous.

he didn't measure the opa before entering it

Very good video

been watching these videos nonstop. I still have weeks before the practicals. Do we have to perform all these skills or just random ones the instructor chooses?

Just out of curiosity. Is it ok to stop the assisted ventilation while connecting the BVM to the oxygen tank?

Are these still good in 2021?

How do you know your ventilating adequately? We learned equal chest rise and fall, condensation in mask and good bag compliance.

He verbalized that he was applying the catheter without suction but then had suction applied.

Why is Airway after breathing and circulation?

this is good to go. i look forward to completing my E.M.T. course @ UCLA in Los Angeles. it's a tough thorough course iv'e been told. gotta rise to the tough challenges in life :) GET SOME!

Is it just me or does the tech look like Moby?

You have to make sure there is nothing in the mouth and verbalize it before you place the suction. You have to measure the catheter going into the patients mouth You have to measure the OPA before insertion

After putting in the OPA I found it's much easier to just hook up the BVM to oxygen immediately and say " I'm going to hook the BVM to oxygen at 15l per minute and deliver breaths every 5-6secs and not to exceed 10-12 breaths per min" this way you can focus on your breaths and not having to worry about to proctor talking to you while delivering breaths at the proper rate. But make sure to deliver the first breath within 30secs after inserting the OPA.

Great Job. Although you did not measure the suction catheter

Great video, but during BVM rescue breaths, shouldn't the head be tilted back (at 3:58, and 4:27)?

isnit heald tilt chin lift or jaw thrust

Can't you apply the oxygen to the BVM before everything? I think that's what my EMS instructor told me when i was doing it back in 2019

He did great but he didn’t measure the catheter or OPA from the ear lobe to the corner of the mouth

Catheter and OPA measurement ?

When checking for responsiveness do you have to check painful stimuli? I failed this exam last week and the only thing i could think of why is because i checked verbal and moved on.

do you at train EFR also , emergency first responder? its just below EMT level in ireland at least

Hey do you guys have any IV station videos or Peds skill station videos?

He forgot to verbalize and display how to measure an OPA before inserting it.

Shouldn't the suction unit be primed prior to suctioning the airway? My instructor was telling me how she had to retake the station because she didn't prime it.

please define "high flow" O2? i.e. is it a specific flow rate lpm, or specific to a device? (I thought it was originally an actual setting on an older style regulator, (e.g. low flow/demand) & no longer really applicable?). a nasal cannula, w/ humidified heated O2 is called high flow. And, any lpm setting on a BVM, high enough to maintain pressure in the Bag, is delivering the highest O2 flow possible (@ EMT level), right?

Would you open the airway with jaw thrust or head tilt chin lift?

How can I stop freezing during codes?

Also shouldn’t he have measured the OPA and the catheter??

Interesting that he didn't measure the OPA from the corner of the mouth to the ear lobe. May I ask why? It was required for my Skills Exam.

You should also verbalize (if you do not have) gloves. . . that is part of BSI. . . But if you have gloves already do you have to say it?

i thought you check respirations and pulse simultaneously for atleast 5 secpnds no longer than 10

so what if ur hands are to small and air is leaks out of the sides of the BVM?

If The Patient Is In Critical Condition, Do We Use BVM Or Non-rebreather Mask?

You should lay O2 tank on its side other than that good video

shouldn't he perform a head tilt chin lift with no suspected spinal injury?

Measure the OPA

why no counting on each ventilation?

Only supposed to squeez the bag every 5-6 seconds

Good video. but when assessing responsiveness, he should speak to the patient first, and if that doesn't work THEN try painful stimuli. Otherwise, you do not know if patient responds to verbal or pain.

Shouldn't he have counted ventilations and also the O2 Cylinder should have been placed down.

How many minutes to ventilate before attaching oxygen ? I replied one minute to my examiner .......

Isn't that the incorrect order?

Good video! Just to be picky, it's pronounced "phar-INKS" (pharynx), not "phar-NICKS.

Is anyone else in SBCC EMT class?

He should measure the suction catheter before putting it in the patients mouth. First thing they teach us

He didn't even see if bag is even filling up

never leave o2 standing

He failed to be honest he didn’t measure the rigid tip catherter machine from the ear to the chin to see how deep he can actually go without any gag reflex or poking

It bugs me that he leaves the oxygen tank standing up!

"Pharynx", not "pharnyx."

1:01 ...pronounces oropharynx incorrectly. Pet peeves coming out here.

What a bunch of noobs, I ventilate by squeezing a non-rebreather😎😎😎

Why does every single person in these videos and in EMT work pronounce pharynx and larynx wrong? It's so infuriating!