Question: When is Blood Clotting Powder not a Powder?

25^th November 2015

Answer: When it is Celox Blood clotting powder is a term that we frequently hear when people are referring to hemostatic agents. However, Celox is not a powder and we avoid using the term clotting powder. In this article we aim to explain why. What is Clotting Powder? Powder is generally...

Trauma 2015

16^th November 2015

Celox will be exhibiting at the 3rd Annual Trauma Conference for Fire, Emergency and Rescue Service Personnel held at the historic Chester Racecourse on the 20th & 21st November. This year’s event promises to be one of the most exciting yet with lectures, hands on skills stations and reflections from...

European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2015

22^nd October 2015

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....

Stop the Bleed initiative

6^th October 2015

“Stop the Bleed” Campaign is a federal initiative that aims to save lives by providing more people with the tools and knowledge to stop life threatening bleeding. The White House will today make an announcement that will highlight the administration’s efforts, in coordination with the private sector, to provide bystanders of emergency...

DSEI, Come & see us, 15-18 September 2015, ExCel, London

11^th September 2015

DSEI is the world’s largest fully integrated defence and security show, spanning air, naval, land and security sectors. It takes over the ExCeL site in London’s historic docklands area every two years. DSEI brings together the defence and security industry to enjoy an exhibition and seminars about the latest equipment...

Trauma Training for Journalists

12^th June 2015

June 12 2015 For information on Medtrade and CELOX™Contact Chris Marsden at Medtrade +44 1270 500 019 and For information on Trauma Training for Journalists Contact Neal Jackson +1 202 365 4070 Journalists in hazardous areas get life-preserving skills and equipment, with donation of latest CELOXTM blood-stopping bandages. Journalists...

Medtrade Products Ltd announces changes in sales and distribution of Celox in North America

14^th April 2015

Medtrade Products, Ltd, makers of Celox™ Advanced hemostatic agents and dressings and the FoxSeal™ chest seal, today announced they have appointed their Seattle based subsidiary, Medtrade Biopolymers Corp. to provide direct sales and technical support to customers and distributors. At the same time, Medtrade Products, Ltd have increased the number...

Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy – Update

13^th January 2015

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...

Benefits of Celox Gauze as included in the US CoTCCC Guidelines.

22^nd December 2014

The US CoTCCC (US Committee on Combat Casualty Care) have published the decision to include Celox Gauze in their guidelines and you can read it in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine (1). The article also includes an extensive 14 page review of the background to the change. Here they explain the...

External Hemorrhage Control – Evidence Based Pre-hospital Guidelines

23^rd October 2014

External hemorrhage is recognized as one of the main causes of potential preventable death following severe injury but the choice of treatment and what first aid kit to carry can be confusing for law enforcement and other emergency services. Lessons learned from the military on external hemorrhage control are beginning...

US military recommends new treatment for troops to save lives on the battlefield.

14^th April 2014

The US military are adopting new technologies to save soldiers’ lives on the battlefield, with the approval of a bandage that can stop catastrophic arterial bleeding in three minutes. The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC), which is responsible for recommending the frontline medic training and equipment for all...

Trauma Innovation 2014 day 1

15^th January 2014

Lessons learned from treating trauma casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan The Trauma Innovation conference is under way in London and on day 1 we attended a workshop on lessons learned from treating trauma casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan and how to make sure those lessons will not be lost. The panel were concerned that...

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