- With increasing REBOA availability and provider experience, REBOA has successfully been utilized in multiple austere military locations.43-47 In austere resuscitations, REBOA use has facilitated blood product conservation, and been used as an adjunct during damage control surgery, creating a “bloodless” environment.45,47-48,79
- To our knowledge pREBOA has not yet been utilized in the deployed environment. To successfully perform pREBOA in the civilian hospital setting, significant team training is required to perform it effectively. Similarly, performing REBOA in deployed or austere settings requires significant team training.