As it turned out, yesterday afternoon we were called to a fallen climber with an open pelvic fracture who very nearly exsanguinated and died at the bottom of the crag. I used Celox, and it managed to control his massive external haemorrhage until he reached the hospital via air ambulance.

The Consultant receiving the patient at the hospital was very complimentary about Celox, saying it probably helped save the young lads life. I think you'll be getting a few more orders from mountain rescue now!

Dr Steve Rowe, Medical officer PDMRO and Edale MRT

 

… two interesting calls where Celox made an enormous difference. First case was a 80 year old female with renovascular hypertension and need for dialysis. To make matter worse she was on Coumadin and was had an extremely high blood pressure. She needed her dialysis to reduce the pressure. She developed a spontaneous bleed in her dialysis shunt. In fact it was extremely high pressure bleeding and would not stop with pressure and pressure dressing. She came to the ED with a BP of 190/70 active bleeding in her arm and an INR of 2.1. I applied Celox and a pressure dressing and 10 min later she was bloodless and after washing off the Celox she went on to dialysis.

Case two was a 48 year old male with varicose veins in his leg and foot. EMS was called after one began bleeding. Simple pressure was not very effective in stopping it. EMS applied Celox and bandaged the foot. He came to the ED with no further bleeding. Celox was washed off and he was discharged without further need for treatment.

… what a wonderful outcome to two problematic cases with a very simple solution. It is not just gunshot and stab wounds that benefit from this wonderful product, but every day events.

Marvin Wayne, MD, FACEP, FAAEM

 

I had the opportunity to use Celox for unstoppable atraumatic bleeding from an external tumor. I stripped the existing bandaging off the area, applied the Celox all the way around and over the tumor, then placed trauma dressings and applied pressure with Coban. During the transport to the hospital, no further bleeding was noted. Once at the hospital, most of the Celox was removed, but there was no blood loss. The ED staff was very impressed, as was I. This call would have definitely turned out differently with Celox. What a wonderful product!

Eric Augustus
Critical Care Paramedic

 

We had a elderly lady with a massive facial tumor who developed bleeding from her tumor at home. Fire departments responded to the scene and were not able to control bleeding. Evaluation by paramedics with the ambulance service not able to stop the bleeding with pressures either. The paramedic then chose to use Celox and with pressure the bleeding was rapidly controlled and the patient was transported to the emergency room for definitive care. The emergency department was very happy with the care provided to the patient.

Erling Oksenholt DO FACEP, FACOEP

 

…The infant was bleeding profusely… the infant’s head had been cut severely and looked to be fatal if not treated extremely quickly. The skin was cut an inch from the center of the forehead all the way down to the middle of the ear on the left hand side. The cut was 4 - 5 inches minimum. I… then put CELOX on the wound to stop the bleeding or else the infant would die of blood loss. I then poured the CELOX onto the skin and wrapped the bandage around the infants head. I tied off the bandage and wrapped a piece of tap around the bandage to secure it. I then took my permanent marker that was supplied in the medical kit and wrote, “CELOX - Hemostatic agent - used on infant.” I gave the package of CELOX for the father to hold and give to the paramedics. At this point a Texas State Police Officer appeared at the scene and soon after the EMS crew showed. I told the State Police Officer what happened and then told the EMS. One of the EMS crew members asked how I put it on there and said that I did it properly. He also said that if I wouldn’t have rendered aid or had a medical kit to this stature on my person the infant would have best case scenario severe brain damage due to massive blood loss or worst case scenario (most likely) the bleeding would have proven fatal because infants don’t have near as much blood as adults and he had already lost a lot of blood. … If not for the product CELOX this infant would have died.

Zachary

 

Our crew was dispatched to a large caliber GSW to the chest. After isolating the right lung, both entrance and exit wounds were sealed using the Celox product. The patient was able to maintain excellent vitals through-out the transport to the receiving hospital. All staff members involved commented on the lack of blood loss present for such a significant wound. After seeing the effectiveness of this product, I recommend using Celox as the first-line in hemorrhage control agent.
Nicholas Puff, Paramedic

 

I am the medic in charge on a research ship out of Newport, OR.  Just an hour ago a man cut an artery on his scalp.  Bleeding did not stop with pressure so I took some Celox Gauze, doubled up a 12 inch piece with an a.b.d. on top.  Bleeding stopped by the time I wrapped his head up with Kerlix.  I just got this from your office in Newport for the ship. You have a top notch product and a customer for life.  Now all my medic bags will have Celox in them, at sea and home.
Douglas A.

 

Celox is without a doubt the most exciting hemostatic dressing I have had the opportunity to work with. It is extremely easy to use, almost foolproof. I believe every soldier, not just every medic, should carry Celox in their kit.
Chris D., US Army

 

Wanted to let you know that we used Celox in a patient with a venous stasis wound of the leg that would not stop bleeding for several days – she had a coagulopathy on top of the physical wound. We used Celox and the bleeding stopped immediately – we left it in and did not wash it out – the wound seemed to heal well, although she will likely always have the wound…

John P. Pryor, MD, FACS