Hemostatic Agents & Gauze for Emergency Bleeding Control | 合法醫療器材資訊網

QuikClotCombatGauzeisstillfavoredbymuchoftheUSMilitary.Laterdevelopmentsledtochitosan-basedproductssuchasCelox,whichareprovensafeand ...

Hemostatic agents such as Celox, QuikClot and Hemcon are designed to promote rapid blood coagulation in the event of a traumatic wound involving an arterial bleed. Hemostatic gauze products are now widely available to EMS professionals and first responders, and approved for all levels of training in some areas. These products have saved many lives on the battlefield and are now also being used to stop traumatic bleeding in workplace, motor vehicle, and at-home accidents. 

QuikClot[1] was the first hemostatic agent adopted by the United States Military. QuikClot Combat Gauze is still favored by much of the US Military. Later developments led to chitosan-based products such as Celox[2], which are proven safe and effective. Celox granules are preferred in some instances, such as in the event of a scalp evulsion, where impregnated gauze products would have to be later...