Emergency department initiated resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is feasible and associated with improvements in end-tidal carbon dioxide.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) claims the lives of approximately 350,000 people in the United States each year. Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) when used as an adjunct to advanced cardiac life support may improve cardio-cerebral perfusion. Our primary research objective was to determine the feasibility of emergency department (ED)-initiated REBOA for OHCA patients in an academic urban ED.

Methods

This was a single-center, single-arm, early feasibility trial that used REBOA as an adjunct to advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) in OHCA. Subjects under 80 years with witnessed OHCA and who received cardiopulmonary rescuitation (CPR) within 6 minutes were eligible.

Results

Five patients were enrolled between February 2020

SUBMITTER: Daley J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463569 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature