Pocket BVM - Compact

Airway & Ventilation — Collapsible Adult Resuscitator

The Micro BVM Pocket BVM is a single-patient-use adult bag-valve-mask that collapses into a rigid twist-top case 134 mm across and 63 mm tall. Deployed, it is a full 1,600 mL bag with transparent face mask, patient valve, and 2,600 mL oxygen reservoir. Stowed, it takes roughly 75% less cube than a conventional adult BVM and needs no pre-inflation, no assembly, and no bag to fight open.

The limiting factor on BVM readiness is almost never clinical skill — it is cube space. A conventional adult BVM is bulky enough that it gets left in the rig, in the trunk, or on the wall. When a patient stops breathing, the difference between ventilating at minute zero and ventilating at minute four is whoever had a bag within arm's reach. A pocket mask is not that answer; it puts the provider's face in the fluid path and delivers nothing above exhaled air.

If your patient stopped breathing right now, is there a BVM within reach — or is it in the vehicle you parked?

The Pocket BVM removes the space excuse. In its case it fits an IFAK, a cargo pocket, a motor officer's saddlebag, a flight bag, or a jump kit side pouch. The case is rigid and sealed, so it can be thrown, dropped, or handed between providers in poor conditions without protecting it. Twist the lid, pull the bag open along its long axis, seat the mask, and ventilate.

Read The Spec Sheet Correctly

Three numbers get confused on every collapsible BVM listing on the internet, so here they are separated. 1,600 mL is the capacity of the resuscitator bag. 500–600 mL is what actually reaches the patient on a one-handed compression — the adult tidal volume target, and the delivered volume Micro BVM publishes for this device. 2,600 mL is the oxygen reservoir, not a delivered volume. Ventilate to chest rise, not to bag capacity — over-ventilation is the more common field failure, and it is a technique problem rather than a hardware one. One more thing worth stating plainly: this device is rated for adult patients over 40 kg (88 lb). It is not a pediatric BVM, and no amount of careful squeezing makes it one. Stock a pediatric-sized bag separately if your response profile includes children.

Carry It Before You Need It

Respiratory arrest does not wait for you to walk back to the vehicle. Put a real bag on your person. Shipped from a clinician-founded, veteran-led team.

When to Choose the Pocket BVM

• On-Person Carry — Duty belt pouch, plate carrier admin pocket, cargo pocket, or IFAK where a conventional BVM has never fit. The bag you have on you is the bag that gets used.
• Second Bag in the Jump Kit — Redundancy without the cube cost. Multiple units stack in the space one standard BVM occupies.
• Opioid Overdose Response — Respiratory depression precedes arrest. Ventilation buys the time naloxone needs to work, and this bag rides with the naloxone.
• Vehicle and Aviation Kits — Patrol cars, POVs, flight bags, and aircraft where weight and volume are budgeted to the gram.
• Cache and MCI Pre-Staging — School, stadium, worksite, and range caches where you want ventilation capability at multiple units without a storage problem.

Which Pocket BVM Configuration Do You Need?

• Pocket BVM — Compact (this page) — Clear bag, no supply line, 134 × 63 mm case. Manufacturer P/N MBVM002 / PBVM-C, NSN 6515-01-590-8909. The baseline configuration.
• vs. Pocket BVM with O₂ Tubing — Identical device, identical case dimensions, plus a 2 m oxygen supply line packed inside. Manufacturer P/N MBVM003xp / PBVM-G, NSN 6515-01-593-4841, NATO 3590A. If the line already lives on your cylinder, stay here.
• vs. Pocket BVM Tactical — Same performance with a black, non-reflective bag. Manufacturer P/N MBVM002TAC / PBVM-T; no assigned NSN. Choose Tactical if you work under NODs, weapon lights, or in any environment where a translucent bag creates a signature.
• vs. CPR Pocket Mask / Face Shield — A barrier device delivers exhaled air at roughly 16% oxygen and puts the provider's face inches from the fluid path. The Pocket BVM delivers room air at minimum and up to 100% with flow, and keeps the provider out of the splash zone. This is not a close call.
• vs. Conventional Adult BVM — A standard bag is easier to grip, has no deployment step, and costs less. It also does not fit on a person. Carry the standard bag in the ambulance; carry this one on you.

Frequently Asked Questions — Pocket BVM

Q: Is 1,600 mL the volume delivered to the patient?

A: No, and this is the most common misread of the spec sheet. 1,600 mL is the capacity of the resuscitator bag. Delivered stroke volume on a one-handed compression is 500–600 mL per the manufacturer, which is the adult tidal volume range targeted by current resuscitation guidance. The 2,600 mL figure is the oxygen reservoir bag, not a delivered volume.

Q: Where do these specifications come from?

A: Every figure on this page is the manufacturer's published specification for this device. Where a third-party listing disagrees, the manufacturer's number is the one we carry — including on quotes, bid responses, and government solicitations.

Q: Does the smaller form factor mean weaker ventilation?

A: No. Deployed, it is a full-size 1,600 mL adult bag. The size reduction comes from collapsing the bag into the case for storage, not from shrinking the bag. Over-ventilation — excessive rate and volume — is a far more common field failure than under-delivery from an adequately sized bag, and that is a technique problem, not a hardware problem.

Q: Can it be used on children?

A: No. The manufacturer rates it for patients over 40 kg (88 lb). Stock a pediatric-sized bag separately if your response profile includes children.

Q: Does it work with supplemental oxygen?

A: Yes. With the 2,600 mL reservoir attached and flow connected, manufacturer testing shows 55% delivered oxygen at 2 L/min rising to 100% at 8 L/min. This configuration does not ship with a supply line — the Pocket BVM with O₂ Tubing packs a 2 m line inside an identically sized case.

Q: Is this device CoTCCC-recommended?

A: The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care does not publish brand-specific recommendations for bag-valve-mask resuscitators the way it does for tourniquets and hemostatic dressings. Any vendor claiming a BVM is "TCCC approved" is overstating. What is verifiable: this device carries assigned NSN 6515-01-590-8909 and is manufactured to EN ISO 10651-4:2002.

Q: Can it be reused?

A: It is designed and labeled for single-patient use. It can be refolded into the case for training repetitions, but a device used on a patient should not be returned to service.

Q: How hard is it to refold?

A: It takes practice, and the first attempt is always the slowest. The mask side of the bag folds in twice, the reservoir side once, and the mask seats valve-side down on top. Do it once in training before you need to do it under a deadline.

Q: Will it take a PEEP valve?

A: Yes. The 30 mm male expiratory connector accepts standard PEEP valves.