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Complete and Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta for Hemorrhagic Shock
Published on: May 19, 2022
Successful Interprofessional Approach to Development of a Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta
Zaffer Qasim1, Kevin Bradley2, Heather Panichelli1
1Department of Emergency Medicine, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware.
Background:
Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is a relatively innovative procedure designed to control critical non-compressible torso hemorrhage. In the United States, this procedure is currently in active use at only a small number of trauma centers.
Objective:
We describe how we developed our REBOA program at an independent academic-affiliated community trauma center.
Discussion:
Through a close interprofessional and multidisciplinary collaboration led by emergency physicians and trauma surgeons, we were able to successfully develop our program.
Conclusions:
Successful implementation of a REBOA program requires close attention to multimodal training, interprofessional roles, team dynamics, financial considerations, and quality assurance processes to safely deliver this potentially life-saving procedure to our trauma patient population.
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