A Research Protocol and Case Report of Emergency Department Endovascular Aortic Occlusion (REBOA) in Non-traumatic Cardiac Arrest

Background: There are over 395,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually in the United States with an estimated 70–90% mortality rate and fewer than 10% surviving with a favorable neurologic outcome. Research in animal models and early human studies suggests that resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) may play a role in augmenting coronary perfusion during OHCA by reducing blood flow to the lower body and...