Manufactured from a natural product called chitosan (KITE-oh-zan), the HemCon® Bandage is fabricated into a pliable, sterile dressing using proprietary techniques. When applied to traumatic skin, organ or penetrating injuries, the HemCon® Bandage provides superior control of bleeding and wound site adhesion. More here
American figures suggest that almost half of combat fatalities in the field in both Iraq and Afghanistan are caused by uncontrolled bleeding.
Colonel Hodgetts' Royal Centre for Defence Medicine team looked at what could be done and recommended that team medics, who make up one-in-four combat soldiers, get a special emergency bandage - the HemCon® Bandage.
Colonel Hodgetts said these bandages are vital to stop haemorrhaging. They become sticky on contact with blood and help clots to form. The bandages are particularly good for wounds close to the torso which are unsuitable for a tourniquet.
BBC news link here
Colonel Tim Hodgetts
Medical Technologies Inc website - Here
USA Today article, Lifesaving Knowledge - here
SP Services is delighted to be awarded UK supplier of HemCon to HM Forces. This product has clinically proven itself in all the current conflict zones and as a result, we are seeing an increasing number of users in UK civilian practice.
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