Police Department of Fairfield Township, NJ Relies on QuikClot® Hemostatic Dressing to Save the Lives of an Officer and Civilian
Police Department of Fairfield Township, NJ Relies on QuikClot® Hemostatic Dressing to Save the Lives of an Officer and Civilian
Police Chief Mandates All Local Officers To Carry QuikClot® Combat Gauze®
WALLINGFORD, CT, April 27, 2011 – A Fairfield NJ township police officer, mandated to carry QuikClot® Combat Gauze® at all times after it saved the life of a township police officer, used the life-saving gauze to stop the severe arterial bleeding of an 82 year-old dialysis patient, based on a recent article in The Progress Newspaper. It was reported that the elderly man’s source of profuse bleeding was through an access port in his arm, typically used during a dialysis procedure. Z-Medica Corporation, a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents, is the maker of QuikClot, the life-saving technology which was used to save the man’s life.
The article also noted that the Fairfield NJ Police Department credited the use of QuikClot Combat Gauze with saving the life of a township police officer who was shot in the line of duty. According to Chief Charles Voelker, following that event all Fairfield officers were mandated to carry QuikClot Combat Gauze. QuikClot is used by first responders around the country to stop traumatic bleeding and stabilize patients in a wide variety of non-sterile, emergency situations, because of its high effectiveness and ease of use.
“We are always grateful to learn that QuikClot continues to save lives in various settings and situations,” said Brian Herrman, Chief Executive Officer of Z-Medica. “This officer should be commended since his quick decision to apply QuikClot reflects great situational awareness. The Fairfield Township Police Department perfectly illustrates the many ways in which QuikClot is currently utilized – by first responders at the scene of an incident, by police officers who are injured in the line of duty, and all the way through to health care providers in a medical or post-treatment setting.”
“We realized the value in having every officer carry QuikClot first-hand after one of our neighboring police officers was able to successfully control the bleeding of one of our officers following a shooting,” said Chief Charles Voelker, Fairfield Township Police Department. “We encourage other law enforcement agencies to consider providing their officers with this life-saving technology. It’s amazing what a potential difference this small piece of gauze can make in our community, and we are already seeing examples of this, such as with the recent case involving an 82-year old dialysis patient.”
In addition to being the exclusive product carried by all US warfighters, and by many first responders, law enforcement and emergency medical organizations, QuikClot is widely used throughout the healthcare industry and in several clinical specialties, including emergency medicine, interventional radiology, cardiology and dermatology. After months of testing in 2008 against 12 other hemostatic products in the marketplace, the military version of the kaolin gauze (“Combat Gauze”) was chosen as the exclusive product for use by all US Military Forces. It continues to be the exclusive product used by all US Military Forces and is the only hemostatic product approved by the US Military’s TCCC committee for first line treatment of bleeding hemorrhage. Over 4 million QuikClot products have been provided to military, EMS first responder, law enforcement and hospital healthcare professionals worldwide in just over the past two years.
About Z-Medica
Z-Medica Corporation is a medical device company developing innovative hemostatic agents. The company manufactures and markets its QuikClot® family of products for hemostasis for use by healthcare professionals, first responders, law enforcement officers and the military. QuikClot products rapidly enhance the body’s natural coagulation process, helping to achieve hemostasis rapidly. Z-Medica’s QuikClot® Combat Gauze® product was chosen by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC) as the United States Military’s sole source supplier for first-line hemostatic treatment, based on tests conducted by the Naval Medical Research Center and the U.S. Army Institute for Surgical Research. It continues to be the exclusive product used by all US Military Forces for first line treatment of bleeding hemorrhage. QuikClot products are also widely used by first responders, in hospital emergency rooms, interventional cardiology and radiology laboratories and other healthcare environments where bleeding requires fast and effective control. Z-Medica is a privately-held company based in Wallingford, CT. More information about Z-Medica Corporation is available at www.z-medica.com.