Celox Haemostatic Gauze stops life-threatening bleeding, even from major arteries. It is trusted by several NATO militaries, including the British Army, to save lives in the field – including in Iraq and Afghanistan. Suitable for serious wounds including road traffic accidents, ballistic wounds, knife wounds and blast injuries, the gauze is packed directly onto the wound and then held with pressure for three minutes. The gauze is coated with Celox granules which works to clot blood fast independently of the body’s natural mechanism, working even on hypothermic blood or blood containing anti-coagulants like warfarin.

US Department of Defence studies showed Celox Gauze to be the most effective gauze for reducing blood loss, leading to a 90% survival rate. This is an ideal product for emergency services, military use, corporate security, high-profile public venues and facilities or high-risk industries and workplaces, including building sites, oil rigs, petrochemical plants, heavy industry, work with dangerous animals, motorsport, tree surgery and glass cutting. 

Available in 5 foot Z-folded and 10 foot rolled versions.

• Celox Gauze has proved itself in the most challenging environments when rapid control of severe bleeding is required
• Celox Gauze Z-Fold is the latest development of the trusted Celox product range
• The new compact design for Celox Z-Fold (14mm thick, 34g weight) allows multiple packs to be carried, makes for easier handling and reduces application time
• Celox Gauze Z-Fold is available as a 10 foot z-fold, ideal for the medic or vehicle kit
• The gauze is especially useful in challenging conditions, in wind, rain or poor visibility.

How Celox Works
Celox™ blood clotting granules are actually very high surface area flakes. When they come in contact with blood, Celox™ swells, gels, and sticks together to make a gel like plug, without generating any heat. Celox™ blood clotting agent does not set off the normal clotting cascade, it only clots the blood it comes directly into contact with.

This mode of action has a number of major benefits:

• Clots hypothermic blood.
• Clots blood treated with blood-thinning drugs (Heparin,  Warfarin or Coumadin.
• No heat generated.
• Celox is easily removed from the wound.

Severe traumatic blood loss quickly leads to the victim becoming hypothermic, irrespective of the outside temperature. Hypothermic blood is coagulopathic (does not clot normally) and so becomes harder to stop.  

Because of the way Celox works, it is just as effective in stopping bleeding in hypothermic blood as it is in normal temperature blood and independent testing confirms this.

Blood thinners (anticoagulants) and anti-platelet therapy
Celox Granules work even where there is Heparin or Warfarin (Coumadin) in the blood. An increasing number of people are on anticoagulants, presenting an extra challenge if they are injured. Celox has been tested and shown to clot heparinized blood.1 Further independent laboratory tests have been published using Celox on blood containing heparin or warfarin.

No Heat
Celox blood clotting agents do not produce any heat at all in use, unlike some mineral-based hemostats.