QuikClot

…extract from shrimp shells), and QuikClot, which is made with inorganic zeolite granules.

A hemostatic agent known as QuikClot, which is made from an engineered form of the mineral zeolite, is able to quickly stop bleeding. The engineered zeolite material contains cations (positively charged ions) that serve as cofactors in the activation of clotting proteins. The material also induces clot formation by trapping…