title: Automatic gas-powered resuscitators. What is their role in mass critical care?
abstract: Automatic gas-powered resuscitators may seem like a good choice for ventilating patients in mass critical care situations. But ECRI Institute believes that the respiratory needs of most patients in such scenarios will exceed what these devices can provide. Therefore, stockpiling large quantities of them for disasters may not be the best use of your resources.
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000295:instrumentation*