Happy birthday CELOX! It is now ten years since CELOX received the first FDA clearance and made the first sale in the US. Since then we have developed several new products, most recently CELOX RAPID Gauze, however all of the CELOX hemostatic products use the same granules that were first applied in 2006. We’ve…
The details of the new European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015 have been formally announced at the Resuscitation Today Conference. The conference was part of the Life Connections exhibition at the Kettering Conference Centre in the UK which focused on new guidelines for treating penerating trauma injuries with Celox Haemostatic dressings. Speakers including Professor Sir Keith…
Acute traumatic coagulopathy (ATC) is an impairment of hemostasis that occurs early after injury and is associated with a 4-fold higher mortality, increased transfusion requirements and organ failure. This post is based mostly on reading a recent book chapter: “Periperative Hemostasis in Trauma”* Research has shown that a severe trauma creates inherent problems with…
This flow chart summarises the treatment of catastrophic bleeding. It is reproduced from the UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines 2013 (JRCALCs). This is the new protocol for catastrophic bleeding in adults and there is a similar flow chart for children. In the diagram there are specific guidelines on when it is appropriate to use haemostatic gauzes such as…
The Trauma Management HTC is a new UK-wide organisation, run from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, the largest trauma facility in the EU. It is set up to be a catalyst to “pull” new treatments in trauma into use. The launch event was held last month at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where the speakers highlighted some…
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