PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Max E R Marsden
AU  - C Park
AU  - J Barratt
AU  - N Tai
AU  - P Rees
TI  - Defence Medical Services’ REBOA training course
AID  - 10.1136/bmjmilitary-2021-001926
DP  - 2021 Oct 03
TA  - BMJ Military Health
PG  - bmjmilitary-2021-001926
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2021/10/03/bmjmilitary-2021-001926.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/early/2021/10/03/bmjmilitary-2021-001926.full
AB  - Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) enables temporary haemorrhage control and physiological stabilisation. This article describes the bespoke Defence Medical Services (DMS) training package for effectively using REBOA. The article covers how the course was designed, how the key learning objectives are taught, participant feedback and the authors’ perceptions of future training challenges and opportunities. Since the inaugural training course in April 2019, the authors have delivered six courses, training over 100 clinicians. For the first time in the UK DMS, we designed and delivered a robust specialist endovascular training programme, with demonstrable, significant increases in confidence and competence. As a result of this course, the first DMS REBOA-equipped forward surgical teams deployed in June 2019. Looking to the future, there is a requirement to develop an assessment of skill retention and the potential need for revalidation.