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