TY - JOUR T1 - Response to letter to the editor from Dubose and colleagues regarding the <em>Joint statement from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) regarding the clinical use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)</em> JF - Trauma Surgery &amp; Acute Care Open DO - 10.1136/tsaco-2018-000170 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - e000170 AU - Megan Brenner AU - Debra G Perina AU - Eileen M Bulger AU - Robert J Winchell AU - Christopher S Kang AU - Sharon Henry AU - Ronald M Stewart AU - Leonard J Weireter AU - Michael C Chang AU - Michael F Rotondo Y1 - 2018/03/01 UR - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/3/1/e000170.abstract N2 - The Joint Statement from the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) regarding the clinical use of Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA) is intended to serve as a guide for the safe introduction and use of REBOA as a resuscitative tool for a select group of critically ill civilian trauma patients.1 Patient safety and quality care are at the forefront of these recommendations and we stand behind the statement. In no way did we intend to diminish or impair the Department of Defense physician leadership’s ability to implement combat casualty care clinical practice guidelines for REBOA implementation in deployed settings.We admire and appreciate the numerous contributions to care of the injured patient that have emerged from the years of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan. They are a testimony to what unity of purpose, resiliency and creativity can bring in the quest … ER -