RhinoBVM®: The only one-handed ventilation mask designed for prehospital use.*
*Finalist in the Tulane $50K Innovations Contest
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Both the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recommend a two-handed mask seal for manual ventilation with the standard full face mask.**
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Two handed mask ventilation is not practical in many prehospital situations
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The RhinoBVM® creates an easy one-handed seal to ventilate patients
Difficult Two Hand Ventilation with Standard Mask
Easy One Hand Ventilation with RhinoBVM
**Lyng, J. W., Guyette, F. X., Levy, M., & Bosson, N. (2022). Prehospital Manual Ventilation: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document. Prehospital Emergency Care, 26(sup1), 23–31.
**Berg RA, Hemphill R, Abella BS, Aufderheide TP, Cave DM, Hazinski MF. et al. Adult basic life support: 2010 American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care. Circulation. 2010;122:S685–705.
RHINOBVM® with RhinoSeal™ technology
In emergency care settings, up to 15% patients have difficult mask ventilation (DMV)* meaning that the patient cannot be adequately ventilated with the standard full face mask. Over 50% of patients in emergency care settings have risk factors for DMV. The inability to ventilate a patient leads to hypoxia, acidosis, cardiac arrest and death.
Difficult mask ventilation accounts for 25% of lawsuits against anesthesiologists.**
*John W. Lyng, Francis X. Guyette, Michael Levy & Nichole Bosson (2022) Prehospital Manual Ventilation: An NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document, Prehospital Emergency Care, 26:sup1, 23-31, DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2021.1981506
**Robert A. Caplan, Karen L. Posner, Richard J. Ward, Frederick W. Cheney; Adverse Respiratory Events in Anesthesia: A Closed Claims Analysis. Anesthesiology 1990; 72:828–833 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/00000542-199005000-00010
Designed for out-of-hospital clinicians who frequently encounter patients with DMV and risk factors for DMV, the RhinoBVM® allows ventilation of the apneic patient through the nose.
The RhinoBVM compared to other options for DMV
