A mouth-to-mouth resuscitation device comprising a straight blow-in tube having a proximal side and a distal side, a filter and one way valve on the proximal side for receiving exhaled breath from a mouth of a rescuer, an opening at the distal side for delivering the exhaled breath into the throat of a victim, an inflatable bladder surrounding the straight blow-in tube which, when inflated, assumes a donut shape which has a diameter of about 1.5″ to 2.5″, the bladder located on the straight blow-in tube between about 0.75″ and 2.0″ from the distal opening, an inflation tube in fluid communication with the inside of the inflatable bladder.