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Table 3 The timeline of initial treatment in our emergency department

From: Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta may increase the bleeding of minor thoracic injury in severe multiple trauma patients: a case report

Time course after arrival at the hospital

Survey and treatment

0 min

Hospital arrival

5 min

Fluid resuscitation start

10 min

Left chest drain insertion

12 min

Focused assessment with ultrasonography for trauma

19 min

Chest and pelvis X-ray

44 min

Whole body CT scan

57 min

Transfusion start

72 min

Intubation

83 min

Endovascular treatments start

Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta

100 min

The bilateral internal iliac arteries were embolized

101 min

The balloon of the aortic occlusion catheter was deflated

Retroperitoneal gauze packing

Pelvic external skeletal fixation

600 min

Repeat CT scan

631 min

Thoracotomy hemostasis for left massive hemothorax

  1. CT computed tomography, min minutes