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The solution for patients at risk for difficult mask ventilation***

***Finalist in the Tulane $50K Innovations Contest

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 specifically 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

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