Breakthrough Technology Used to Stop Bleeding on Battlefield in Iraq Now Available to Consumers Online at www.quikclot.com

WALLINGFORD, Conn., June 25 Now families can acquire fortheir first aid kits the same medical advance that's been saving the lives ofU.S. troops in Iraq and that first responders are using here at home. Themanufacturer, Z-Medica Corporation, has just launched a new website --http://www.quikclot.com -- where versions of QuikClot(R) for variousapplications are available -- travel, home, sport and pets. These newQuikClot(R) products are safe, effective and easy to use, and cleared by theFDA to rapidly stop bleeding. Now if a bad bleeding injury happens, consumersno longer have to wait for the ambulance. Just rip open the package and followsimple package instructions. The products are non-allergenic and for externaluse only. Pricing from $9.99 to $29.99 (for a version that also fightsinfection) makes it affordable enough to equip home, school, work and carfirst aid kits.

An injury that causes severe bleeding is one of the most serious andfrightening a family can experience, and they happen more often than one mightexpect. Government figures show that each year some 50,000 people die frombleeding in the U.S. -- mostly in automobile and home accidents. It only takesa short time to lose a dangerous amount of blood -- so every moment counts.QuikClot(R) products save those precious minutes.

Founded in April 2002, Z-Medica Corporation is a medical products companyfocused on innovative technologies that stop bleeding and save lives.QuikClot(R) was tested in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps anduniversity hospitals. More than one million packets have been distributed in36 countries. Z-Medica headquarters are located at 4 Fairfield Blvd.,Wallingford, Connecticut 06492. For more information visithttp://www.quikclot.com.

SOURCE Z-Medica Corporation

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