This is the first time for me to let learners put the real REBOA catheter into my original water vascular circuit made for ECMO training.

REBOA means “Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta”. This is used for temporary control of life-threatening hemorrhage caused by trauma or other etiology like AAA up until definitive therapy will have been done.

Actually, my circuit worked well!

I’ve realized that my original circuit is quite useful not only for  ECMO training but also trauma simulation 🙂

Since the internal diameter of this vascular model is about 12mm, full inflation of the balloon couldn’t be done in this model.

The movie and picutures show Zone 1 placement of the balloon