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Abstract

A rescue device and kit for ventilating a patient incapable of normal ventilation or intubation techniques includes a single-lumen nasopharyngeal nasal trumpet having a beveled shaped opening at its distal end and a flared proximal end. An eye opening is disposed slightly proximal to the beveled shaped opening and an air delivery extension tube is secured within the single-lumen opening at the flared proximal end of the nasal trumpet. The distal end of the extension tube secured within the nasal trumpet cooperates with the flared proximal end of the nasal trumpet to provide a soft non-tissue irritating nose plug when the nasal trumpet is fully inserted into a nostril opening of the patient. The kit further includes a tube of lubricant, an air bag, and a soft nose plug for blocking the other nostril opening of the patient during the novel rescue process. The ventilation rescue method includes providing a single-lumen nasopharyngeal nasal trumpet having a flared proximal end and a beveled shaped opening at its distal end with an eye opening disposed slightly proximal to its distal end and an air delivery extension tube secured within its flared proximal end opening. A medical practitioner using the nasal trumpet proceeds ventilating a patient by lubricating the nasal trumpet, inserting the trumpet by its distal bevel end into a single nostril of a distressed patient until the distal end occupies the periglottic space of the patient; attaching an air bag to the proximal end of the extension tube and then occluding the other nostril of the patient with the nose plug.

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