• Zaffer Qasim.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 51N 39th Street, Ground Floor Myrin Building, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: Zaffer.qasim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
• Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 2023 Feb 1; 41 (1): 718871-88.

AbstractHemorrhage, in particular, noncompressible torso hemorrhage, remains a significant contributor to mortality in trauma cases. Despite many advances in resuscitation, noncompressible sites of bleeding have presented a particular challenge. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) is one technique that can be used to temporarily stop hemorrhage from these sites to allow transfer to definitive care. Although the technique is relatively straight-forward, it carries significant risk, in particular, from ischemia due to aortic occlusion. This article describes the role and considerations for the use of REBOA in the critically injured patient.Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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