New York, May 6, 2022 – As the war in Ukraine enters its third month, journalists facing increased risks in their daily reporting will receive lifesaving medical supplies through a new partnership between the Committee to Protect Journalists and the medical device company Medtrade, the manufacturer of CELOX Hemostatic Technology. The medical supplies, designed to stop hemorrhaging within…
Despite significant developments in scientific understanding and technology, hemorrhage remains the leading cause of preventable trauma related deaths in civilian life and on the battlefield.1-3 The challenges medics face when treating a patient is being unaware of the patients internal conditions through, for example, the use of blood thinners. Another challenge is the patient’s external…
We’ve teamed up with Meditech Global to sponsor the ambulance crews during the 2016 BTCC (British Touring Car Championship). The British Touring Car Championship or BTCC is a motor racing championship for production-based touring cars held across England and Scotland. The BTCC features a mix of professional motor racing teams and privately funded amateur drivers competing in…
Controlling bleeding is part of remote medicine and remote medicine implies being a long way from help. That means that the solution to stopping bleeding needs to be durable and safe until the caregivers can get the patient to definitive care. Recently the changing strategic situation with longer missions being undertaken, usually by Special Forces,…
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 a term used to describe…
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 to be adopted in the…
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 US front line troops, voted…
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 as budgets are tightened after…
For this latest Celox blog, we have invited Katherine Wills, author of Outdoor First Aid, to give her thoughts on Celox and why it played an important role in her book. When I initially started teaching outdoor first aid I wanted to give my candidates a reading list which would help them to expand their…
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…
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