Aortic haemostasis and resuscitation: advanced resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta for non-compressible torso haemorrhage and reversal of haemorrhage-induced traumatic cardiac arrest in a swine model

Trauma is the leading cause of death in young people in the UK and US. Non-compressible torso haemorrhage (NCTH) is a major cause of potentially survivable trauma death. A large proportion of these patients are in traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) on arrival at hospital, and survival rates after haem...

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Main Author: Barnard, Edward Benjamin Graham
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55286/