This International Standard specifies minimum performance and safety requirements for ventilatory resuscitators intended for use with all age groups. It specifies the performance of operator-powered and gas-powered ventilatory resuscitators which are portable and intended for use in emergency situ-ations to provide lung ventilation to individuals whose breathing is inadequate. For gas-powered resuscitators, re-quirements are included for the gas supply. Resuscitators for infants and children are designated according to body mass range and approximate age equivalent.
Devices which have been designed only to deliver gases to a patient breathing adequately and devices which are intended to assist or provide for the ventilation of a patient for an extended period of time are not covered by this International Standard.
Electrically-powered resuscitators are not covered by this Inter-national Standard.