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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2020 Oct;89(4):e112–e116. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002855

Table 4:

Familiarity with REBOA placement and opinions towards skills courses.

How confident are you in your skills to deploy REBOA
Responses (%)
N=302 Not at all confident 37 (12.3)
Slightly Confident 24 (8.0)
Somewhat Confident 55 (18.2)
Fairly Confident 84 (27.8)
Very Confident 102 (33.8)
Please select the importance of including the following procedures in a REBOA class
Responses (%)
N=303 Not necessary Good to include but not critical Critically Important No preference
Percutaneous access w/ ultrasound 18 (5.9) 69 (22.8) 206 (68.0) 10 (3.3)
Femoral Artery Cutdown 30 (10.0) 93 (30.9) 170 (2.7) 8 (2.7)
Focused Assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) 111 (37.1) 83 (27.8) 92 (30.8) 13 (4.4)
Angiography (pelvic, splenic) 88 (29.1) 138 (45.7) 65 (3.6) 11 (3.6)
Embolization 116 (38.5) 120 (39.9) 55 (3.3) 10 (3.3)
Please select the importance of including the following procedures in a REBOA class
Responses (%)
N=302 Not necessary Good to include but not critical Critically Important
Live Tissue (Pig) 67 (22.5) 157 (52.7) 74 (24.8)
Cadaver 38 (12.7) 167 (55.9) 94 (31.4)
Physical Model or Mannequin Simulator 17 (5.7) 127 (42.6) 154 (51.7)
Computerized Simulator 56 (18.7) 194 (64.7) 50 (16.7)