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"When it comes to controlling severe bleeding, QuikClot is the best thing since sliced bread.
QuikClot is a very small beaded material that absorbs smaller water molecules from the blood leaving platelet and clotting factors that stops even severe arterial and venous bleeding. Experiments on pigs with lacerations of the femoral artery in the groin showed a reduction of fatalities in this almost always fatal wound by 50%." - Dr. Brent Blue - read the article -
QuikClot is the latest Z-Medica product for first responders, environmental health & safety teams and industrial nurses. It is the same proven technology developed for the military, packaged for convenient use by first responders, to help save lives right at the scene of accidents, crimes, fires and other emergencies. This great new product is also the perfect addition to ANY medical kit, survival kit or emergency kit you may have in your plane, car, boat, RV or home. As in the latest product for the military, QuikClot has been re-engineered to remain cooler on contact. It has a greatly reduced exothermic reaction, with maximum temperatures in vivo typically at 105 degrees F.
QuikClot is easy to use. Just rip open a packet, pack the self-contained sponge into the wound and the bleeding stops rapidly. For larger wounds, use more than one sponge. The sponges will conform to the shape of the wound. QuikClot 1st Response™ is easily removed in the hospital setting.
QuikClot comes in individually packaged 25g (3.5" x 3.5") or 100g (5" x 11.5") hemostatic sponges – quantities sufficient to address most situations encountered by first responders.
HOW IT WORKS
QuikClot® hemostatic agent is a molecular sieve, sifting molecules by size. When QuikClot® comes into contact with blood in and around a wound, it rapidly takes in the smaller water molecules from the blood. The larger platelet and clotting factor molecules remain in the wound in a highly concentrated form. This promotes extremely rapid natural clotting and prevents severe blood loss. Additionally, the nano-engineered particles provide key surface chemistry, rapidly enhancing the body's natural coagulation process. The process represents a new approach to hemostasis, which typically involves adding clotting factors rather than extracting elements to halt bleeding.
Download the QuikClot 1st Response Training Manual. (pdf)
