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2. Emergency Bandage - Wikipedia

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   A pressure applicator placed over the wound to stop bleeding by applying pressure. [2] It allows changing the direction of the bandage and wrapping it around the wound once in various directions. It also makes bandaging easier. It is especially useful for stopping bleeding in groin and head injuries. [3]

3. QuikClot - Wikipedia

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   QuikClot was originally available as a granulate to be poured directly on a wound to stem bleeding. [citation needed]The Kaolin in QuikClot Interventional bandages absorb the water molecules in blood, leaving behind the relatively bigger platelets and clotting factor molecules.

4. Emergency bleeding control - Wikipedia

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   Pressure on the carotid artery can also cause vagal tone induced bradycardia, which can eventually stop the heart. Other dangers in use of a constricting method include rhabdomyolysis , which is a buildup of toxins below the pressure point, which if released back into the main bloodstream may cause kidney failure .

5. FDA clears lifesaving device that can plug bullet wounds in ...

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   The device contains 92 tablet-sized sponges that expand upon contact with blood. The syringe can stop bleeding within 15 seconds allowing the injured to be rushed to the hospital without hemorrhaging.

6. Hemostasis - Wikipedia

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   In biology, hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). It is the first stage of wound healing. Hemostasis involves three major steps: vasoconstriction; temporary blockage of a hole in a damaged blood vessel by a platelet plug

7. US FDA clears use of Cresilon's gel to stop severe bleeding ...

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   Current treatments, which include gauzes and other chemical agents, take more than five minutes to work, with pressure also applied to the wound, Landolina said, while Traumagel takes seconds.