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(Health-NewsWire.Net, August 21, 2015 ) Clearwater, Florida -- First Aid Shoppe is introducing an advanced tourniquet designed for personal use and on-the-scene control of major arterial bleeding. The SWAT-T (Stretch Wrap And Tuck - Tactical) Tourniquet, included in First Aid Shoppe's ResQue 1st Trauma Kit (With SWAT-T Tourniquet), is a compact compression bandage designed to be applied high in the groin or armpit area to stem arterial bleeding to the extremities. The tourniquet is included in the kit, along with a clotting sponge and other items meant specifically for serious-injury bleeding.
"This kit has one purpose in mind," says First Aid Shoppe COO, Anna Loehwing, "and that's to stop serious bleeding. This is not a first aid kit in the strictest sense. This kit is small enough to keep with your first aid kit, but its purpose is this: Save your life by stopping heavy bleeding." A typical first aid kit contains general purpose items for a variety of minor injuries, cuts and so forth. The ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-T Tourniquet has only those items needed to control heavy bleeding. The SWAT-T Tourniquet works to stem arterial flow, or it can act directly as a compression bandage at the site of the wound. The other key item in the kit, called the QuikClot Advanced Clotting Sponge, contain a hemostatic (clotting) agent that can be applied directly to the site of a wound to promote fast clotting.
"This kit is just a little over half a pound (10 ounces), but it has key items that could save your life," says Ms. Loehwing. "Grab one of these and keep it with your larger first aid kit or gear. When the time comes and the injury is bad, you'll be glad you did."
The ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-T Tourniquet by First Aid Shoppe comes with the SWAT-T Tourniquet, the QuikClot Advanced Clotting Sponge, safety gloves, antiseptic wipes, gauze and medical tape. It is available on Amazon.
About First Aid Shoppe
First Aid Shoppe is a First Aid company that provides quality emergency first aid products to consumers and professionals.
First Aid Shoppe
Anna Loehwing
727-442-4372
sales@customfas.com
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