Title: Temporising the bleed: Use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to transfer a haemorrhaging patient in regional Australia.
Authors: Khan, Abid F; Ong, Harn‐Yih; Dooreemeah, Dilshad; Martens, Ashleigh; Foley, Daniel; Mansour, Kristy P; Loveday, Benjamin; Miller, Francis J
Abstract: The article presents a case study of a 68-year-old male presented with haematemesis to the ED of a regional hospital via ambulance. Topics include the patient has intubated prior to gaining access to the right femoral artery using a 7-Fr introducer arterial sheath; and the traditional technique to stem uncontrollable below-diaphragm bleeding has been resuscitative thoracotomy.
Subjects: AUSTRALIA; AORTA surgery; INTENSIVE care units; BLOOD vessels; GASTROINTESTINAL hemorrhage; BLOOD transfusion; BALLOON occlusion; RECTUM; HEMATEMESIS; ENDOVASCULAR surgery; COMPUTED tomography; HEMORRHAGE
Publication: Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2021, Vol 33, Issue 2, p388
ISSN: 1742-6731
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13707

Temporising the bleed: Use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta to transfer a haemorrhaging patient in regional Australia.

Khan, Abid F; Ong, Harn‐Yih; Dooreemeah, Dilshad; Martens, Ashleigh; Foley, Daniel; Mansour, Kristy P; Loveday, Benjamin; Miller, Francis J