BS ISO 10651-5:2006 Lung ventilators for medical use. Particular requirements for basic safety and essential performance. Gas-powered emergency resuscitators
BS ISO 10651 Part 5 is the international standard that specifies the basic safety and essential performance requirements for gas-powered emergency resuscitators, intended for use on people by first responders. This equipment is intended for emergency field use and is intended to be continuously operator-attended in normal use.
For anyone whose life is at risk from respiratory failure, in particular during cardiac arrest, resuscitation councils and associations teach that the best ultimate outcome will be achieved if there is a continuous chain of care starting with earliest possible bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and continuing until the victim can be put under professional medical care.
In order to improve the care possible at the early stages of this chain, authorities and organizations are training non-specialized personnel in key situations, such as where people congregate or where there are increased risks, so that they can be available to provide a higher level of care with a minimum of delay.
There is a growing realization that certain basic equipment can significantly enhance the effectiveness of this type of care, e.g. equipment that provides ventilation whilst avoiding mouth-to-mouth contact.
Simple, gas-powered emergency resuscitators can deliver controlled ventilation for this purpose and BS ISO 10651-5 specifies the criteria they are required to satisfy.
This part of BS ISO 10651 also specifies the requirements for resuscitator sets.
This part of BS ISO 10651 is not applicable to electrically-powered resuscitators.
ISO 10651-3 covers emergency and transport ventilators.
Contents of BS ISO 10651-5 includes:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- General requirements
- Other test methods
- Acceptance criteria
- Constructional requirements
- Connectors
- Operational requirements
- Resistance to environmental influences
- Resistance to typical use
- Size and mass
- Gas supply
- Performance
- Ventilatory requirements
- Ventilation performance
- Identification, marking and documents
- Marking
- Information provided by the manufacturer for operation and maintenance
- Rationale
- Test methods
- Relationship between this part of ISO 10651 and cardiopulmonary
- resuscitation guidelines
- Clauses of this part of ISO 10651 addressing the essential principles
- Terminology — Index of defined terms
- Bibliography