Ballon autoremplisseur à valve unidirectionnellethumb|BAVU avec sac réservoir et tubulure d'oxygène Un ballon autoremplisseur à valve unidirectionnelle (ou insufflateur manuel, également connu sous le sigle BAVU), est un instrument médical ou paramédical conçu pour suppléer à la respiration d'un patient en arrêt respiratoire. La conception du ballon d'une manière à ce qu'il tende à reprendre sa forme (à se regonfler) et le système de valves unidirectionnelles permettent de fournir une ventilation sans apport de gaz comprimé.
Medical procedureA medical procedure is a course of action intended to achieve a result in the delivery of healthcare. A medical procedure with the intention of determining, measuring, or diagnosing a patient condition or parameter is also called a medical test. Other common kinds of procedures are therapeutic (i.e., intended to treat, cure, or restore function or structure), such as surgical and physical rehabilitation procedures. "An activity directed at or performed on an individual with the object of improving health, treating disease or injury, or making a diagnosis.
Anaesthetic machineAn anaesthetic machine (British English) or anesthesia machine (American English) is a medical device used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and inhalational anaesthetic agents for the purpose of inducing and maintaining anaesthesia. The machine is commonly used together with a mechanical ventilator, breathing system, suction equipment, and patient monitoring devices; strictly speaking, the term "anaesthetic machine" refers only to the component which generates the gas flow, but modern machines usually integrate all these devices into one combined freestanding unit, which is colloquially referred to as the "anaesthetic machine" for the sake of simplicity.
Hyperbaric treatment schedulesHyperbaric treatment schedules or hyperbaric treatment tables, are planned sequences of events in chronological order for hyperbaric pressure exposures specifying the pressure profile over time and the breathing gas to be used during specified periods, for medical treatment. Hyperbaric therapy is based on exposure to pressures greater than normal atmospheric pressure, and in many cases the use of breathing gases with oxygen content greater than that of air.
