March 20, 2021

Be Heard In a Respirator Mask

Written by Anand Swaminathan
REBEL Covid-19, REBEL EM
Medical Category: Resuscitation

Background: A major challenge during the COVID pandemic is balancing personal protection and communication. Being heard while wearing a surgical mask or N95 isn’t too much of a challenge, communication can be significantly impaired while wearing a respirator mask. There are a number of fixes to this problem. Here, we share one simple, inexpensive option via Whit Fisher, MD (https://www.procedurettes.com/)

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Hardware

Portable Speaker (Whit’s Option)
Lapel Microphone (Whit’s Option)

Guest Post By:

Whit Fisher, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Brown EM

Post Peer Reviewed By: Salim R. Rezaie, MD (Twitter: @srrezaie)

Cite this article as: Anand Swaminathan, "Be Heard In a Respirator Mask", REBEL EM blog, March 20, 2021. Available at: https://rebelem.com/be-heard-in-a-respirator-mask/.