EMERGENCY! Blood clotting stuff...

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Just back to the blood-clotting-product research and I found this on the Celox website

 

Celox™ blood clotting agents are made with chitosan, a natural polysaccharide. Chitosan has a known metabolic pathway. That means any residues left in the body is broken down by the body’s normal enzymes and converted into materials normally present in the body. This is unlike other haemostats that can leave mineral residuals in the body6,7.

Chitosan is digested by lysozyme, a human enzyme which is present is tears, saliva and mucus. When digested by lysozyme Chitosan is broken down into glucosamine a sugar already present in the body. Glucosamine can help lubricate joints8.

 

I don't know why I didn't check their website in the first place! So it appears that the mineral based coagulants can ingress into the circulatory system, causing long term problems, but not Celox, which is an organic, shrimp-based product. It also turns the blood into a gel, not a solid, so its easier for the surgeon to clean out. I'll be buying a gauze roll or pad of the stuff for the bum bag.

[Haironyourchest]

Well, this vid might have been posted somewhere here before but what the hey. The guy survived a chainsaw to the neck, with the application of a Celox product.

 

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