How do you stop the bleeding? If you’ve been trained in basic first aid then you know about direct pressure, elevating the injury and pressure points to control bleeding all excellent techniques. If you aren’t trained then we hope you keep and first aid kit handy with a good first aid guide which would cover those techniques.
What happens when those techniques don’t work? Most of us are not prepared to apply a tourniquet and many serious bleeding injuries cannot be treated with a tourniquet. Of course we are going to call 911 but in the meantime what can you do if the bleeding continues? Serious bleeding can be life threatening and extremely time sensitive.
The good news is that you can be prepared for a serious bleeding injury without having to become a first aid expert. There are amazing new products available now that provide a completely different approach to stop the bleeding that anyone can use.
Those products we call “stop bleeding products” have been on the market now and in use for a number of years are very effective. In addition to being effective they are also relatively inexpensive and easy to use.
These exciting new products work equally well with people that are on blood thinning medication or suffer from bleeding disorders.
The way these products work and which one works best for any given situation does need to be addressed with some thoughtful consideration. There are a variety of products and brand names available with different ranges of effectiveness. For example, for a small cut or puncture wound you may want to select from Wound Seal ® Rapid Response, Blood Stop® Hemostatic Gauze or Bleed Arrest® Clotting Powder. These products are also effective on nose bleeds.
If you wanted to be prepared for more serious, life threatening bleeding then you’d want to consider Celox™Rapid Z-Fold, Celox™ Applicator or Celox™ Hemostatic Granules 15 gram package.
To familiarize yourself with our stop bleeding products we invite you to visit our Stop Bleeding Products category page. We believe that these products have become indispensable and are a must for your first aid kit at home, at work and on the go.
