A descriptive survey on the use of resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) for pelvic fractures at US level I trauma centers

Table 2 REBOA use at Participating Level I Trauma Centers

Survey Question	Responses	% (n)	n
Does your hospital use a REBOA to treat hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures?	Yes	42% (15)	36
	No	58% (21)	36
What indicates a patient with a pelvic fracture for REBOA?	HDU	50% (7)	14
	HDU & IR is unavailable	14% (2)
	HDU & negative FAST	7% (1)
	HDU & not a candidate for angioembolization	29% (4)
In what order are the following treatments utilized for hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures? REBOA, angioembolization, and pelvic packing	Angioembolization, PP, REBOA	33% (5/15)	15
	Angioembolization, REBOA, PP	13% (2/15)
	PP, Angioembolization, REBOA	13% (2/15)
	REBOA, Angioembolization, PP	20% (3/15)
	REBOA, PP, Angioembolization	20% (3/15)
Of those who said hemodynamic instability was the only indicator, what was the order of treatment? REBOA, angioembolization and pelvic packing	PP, Angioembolization, REBOA	33% (2/6)	6
	Angioembolization, PP, REBOA	33% (2/6)
	Angioembolization, REBOA, PP	17% (1/6)
	REBOA, Angioembolization, PP	17% (1/6)

REBOA resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta, HDU hemodynamically unstable, IR interventional radiology, FAST focused assessment of sonography in trauma, PP pelvic packing.

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