Blood, balloons, and blades: State of the art trauma resuscitation

Laura J Moore

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.033

Blood, balloons, and blades: State of the art trauma resuscitation

Am J Surg. 2022 Jul;224(1 Pt A):40-44. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.033. Epub 2021 Oct 22.

Author

Laura J Moore¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, The University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, USA; Section of Surgical Critical Care, USA; Shock Trauma Intensive Care Unit, USA; The Red Duke Trauma Institute, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: laura.j.moore@uth.tmc.edu.

PMID: 34715985
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.033

Abstract

Traumatic injury remains the leading cause of death in patients 45 and younger. State of the art trauma care requires rapid interventions to provide hemodynamic support en route to definitive hemostasis. This article will review three critical elements in management of the bleeding trauma patient: blood products, resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA), and the trauma hybrid operating room (THOR).

Keywords: Blood; Hemorrhagic shock; REBOA; Trauma hybrid operating room.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aorta
Balloon Occlusion*
Endovascular Procedures*
Hemorrhage / complications
Hemorrhage / therapy
Humans
Resuscitation
Shock, Hemorrhagic* / etiology
Shock, Hemorrhagic* / therapy