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Re:E-VENT: Emergency ventilator design toolbox by AstralStorm on Monday March 30, 2020 @05:38PM (#22732509)
Masks do and can increase pressure in lungs, the reason intubation is used is to provide fluid drainage, prevent choking. So that the critical patient does not drown. Other than that, they're equivalent. Cheeks can puff out only so far.
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Re:E-VENT: Emergency ventilator design toolbox by bayesian_horse on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @08:18AM (#22736776)
I have never used masks that way and I would worry about the fit. But it may be possible, temporarily, especially when you hold it down.

Procedurally most physicians seem to reach for the intubator as soon as there is any trouble breathing, even though that takes longer than putting on a mask.

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