Description of the Learner:

The significant others of patient T.A who use to do ambu bagging to their mother.
Learning Need:
Proper Way n how to use ambu bag to maximize oxygen supply.
Time Allotment:
10 minutes.
Objective
After the implementation of
health care teaching, the
patient will be able to:
1. Identify the
meaning of Ambu
Bag.

Content

The Ambu (Air-Shields

Manual Breathing Unit)
Bag is a special type of Bag
Valve Mask (or BVM) that
is used to help a child or an
adult who is either not
breathing or having a hard
time breathing on his own.
It is a tool held and
operated by the hand and is
employed to provide a
continuous supply of
oxygen to a person's lungs
in a process called

Strategy

One-on-one discussion,
availability, effort and
willingness of both
learner and the student
nurse.

Time Allotment

Resources

Evaluation

5 minutes

Availability, effort and

willingness of both learner
and the student nurse.

Instant oral feedback.

-The patient was able to
define Ambu bag in their
own words

"bagging"

2. Steps in Ambu
Bagging

1 Try to find a way to

make the patient breathe if
he is not breathing. Use the
Ambu Bag if he still does
not breathe.
2 Make sure that the
patient's airways are clear
of mucus before you use
the apparatus
3 Position the patient in
such a way that the tip of
his nose is facing up. You
may roll a small towel
under his shoulders to help
him maintain this position.
4 Make sure that the
face mask is connected to
the adapter on the bag; the
bag is connected to the
oxygen tubing; and the
tubing is connected to the
regulator on the tank.

One-on-one discussion,
willingness of both learner
and the student nurse.
Question and Answer.

5 minutes.

Availability, effort and

willingness of both learner
and the student nurse.
Therapeutic use of the
body.

-The patient was able to

demonstrate the proper use
of ambu bag.

 5 Put the mask tightly

over the mouth and nose of
the patient with your hand
and hold the mask toward
his face.
6 Use your thumb to
squeeze the bag in a brisk
manner in order to put
pressure onto it. Make sure
that the bag is squeezed
hard enough so as to
produce an elevation in the
patient's chest just like
when he is breathing
normally.
7 Squeeze the Ambu
bag once every after 2-3
seconds if the patient is a
child, or once every after 56 seconds if he is an adult.
If the patient still finds it
hard to breathe, keep on
bagging up to the point
where he starts to breathe
normally, or until the
medical personnel arrive.
8 Change the position
of the mask or the patient's
head if the chest still fails

to rise. After which, try to

put a little bit more of
pressure on the Ambu Bag.
References:
Smeltzer, S. et al. Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition. Lippincotts, 2010. Pp. 890-900
Tortora, D. and Derrickson, B. Principles of Anatomy and Physiology. 11th Edition. Biological Science Textbooks, 2007. Pp. 798-799