verb
General Slang
Bagging
· verb · medical
Manually pumping air into a patient's lungs with a handheld Ambu bag.
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Hospital shorthand for manually ventilating a patient by squeezing a bag-valve-mask (Ambu bag) over their face or ET tube. Done when someone's not breathing for themselves and you need to push oxygen in until a vent's hooked up or they come back. Rhythmic, two-handed, life-or-death.
“She coded in the lift, so I started bagging her while the porter sprinted for the crash team.”
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Bagging In A Sentence
She coded in the lift, so I started bagging her while the porter sprinted for the crash team.
Origin & Usage
From the Ambu bag (the squeezable resuscitation bag invented in 1953 by Henning Ruben).
People Also Ask
What does "bagging" mean in medical slang?
It means manually pumping air into a patient's lungs using a handheld Ambu bag.
How do you use "bagging" in a sentence?
"Keep bagging him until we can get the tube in."
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