freeclimb9 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Though few like to ponder first-aid on a trauma victim, we all expose ourselves to that possibility. A new product by an Oregon based company offers a real breakthrough. Hemcon makes a bandage that stops bleeding better than anything else. A blurb from their website: "The HemConTM Bandage has been studied in pre-clinical models including a spleen laceration model, carotid artery laceration model, an aortotomy model, and a model of extreme liver injury. In the aortotomy model, all swine treated with the HemCon bandage promptly stopped bleeding and survived, whereas all control animals treated with conventional gauze dressings died of massive bleeding. The severe liver trauma study demonstrated a significant reduction in blood loss and increase in survival rates with the HemCon BandageTM compared to the gauze controls." www.hemcon.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Interesting how they are made from chitosan. I believe that is crustacean shell material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbcracken Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 This looks to be a couple times better then the old maxipad first aid solution... I emailed them to find out pricing and pruchasing possiblities. -Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbcracken Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 Reply from the President of Hemcon... It is not available in the civilian market yet. Likely this fall. It will start with prescription use only but we hope to have an over the counter version shortly. Jim James F. Hensel President, CEO Hemcon, Inc. 10575 SW Cascade Ave., Suite 130 Tigard, Oregon 97223 USA Tel: +1 503-245-0459 Fax: +1 503-245-1326 jim@hemcon.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted March 11, 2003 Author Share Posted March 11, 2003 (edited) redundancy eliminated Edited March 11, 2003 by freeclimb9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbw1966 Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I hear it won't be until this fall that this stuff is available on the civilian market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I think they're only available to the military until sometime after sept 23rd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attitude Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 You might be able to find them in consumer outlets towards the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I wouldnt want to be a control pig. MMMMmmmm bacon! Vegans can't buy the product because animals were harmed in the testing phase!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeclimb9 Posted March 11, 2003 Author Share Posted March 11, 2003 I wouldn't want to have the job of wielding the knife. I've whacked many fish, but they don't squeal, or look like Wilbur. Maybe they get someone on work furlough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 It sounds like a lot of hooey to me. How is an external bandage going to stop bleeding from lacerated aorta? No way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 soak it in cider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montana_Climber Posted March 12, 2003 Share Posted March 12, 2003 catbirdseat said: It sounds like a lot of hooey to me. How is an external bandage going to stop bleeding from lacerated aorta? No way! It's for direct application to a wound. It is impregnated with a material that accelerates the clotting cascade and other coagulation factors. Potatoes and their products have been shown to have similar characteristics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketchfest Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I recently had the pleasure of meeting the inventor of the Hemcon bandage, Dr. Kenton Gregory at a local fundraiser. The bandage is truely the real deal and does what it says. Currently the bandage is being used exclusively on the battle field in Iraq and the number of lives it has saved has been enormous. There is no doubt in my mind that this invention and the proccess created to manufacture this product will be by far one of the greatest inventions of our time. Not only does it create instantaneous clotting, but seals out bacteria. Here's to smart people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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