HemCon Nasal Plug effective and affordable treatment for uncontrolled anterior epistaxis

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For a situation investigation of 33 patients, HemCon Nasal Plug was observed to be a compelling aide in the prehospital treatment of uncontrolled front epistaxis.

HemCon Nasal Plug successfully stops foremost nose dying, notwithstanding when different items neglect to stop the dying; are all around endured by patients because of the little size, contrasted with other nasal tampons; are moderately cheap and substantially less costly than focused items; and are anything but difficult to utilize.

Foundation

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Epistaxis is a typical therapeutic crisis with conceivable perilous confusions. In the prehospital setting, epistaxis can be treated with nasal tampons. HemCon® Nasal Plug is a nasal tampon impregnated with oxidized cellulose, which has hemostatic properties.

OBJECTIVE

The goal of this examination was to decide the adequacy and convenience of HemCon Nasal Plugs in the treatment of foremost epistaxis in the prehospital setting. Techniques: From June 2012 to December 2014, all ambulances of two crisis restorative administrations in the Netherlands were furnished with HemCon Nasal Plugs. The attachment was utilized by convention; if traditional treatment neglected to control serious epistaxis or if customary treatment was probably not going to accomplish hemostasis. The rescue vehicle faculty filled in an assessment shape after each utilization.

RESULTS

An aggregate of 33 patients were treated with HemCon Nasal Plugs. Twenty-four patients were taking anticoagulants or experienced a coagulating issue. The reason for epistaxis was idiopathic in most of the patients. Embeddings HemCon Nasal Plugs brought about end of epistaxis in 25/33 patients and brought about decrease of epistaxis in 4/33 patients. HemCon Nasal Plugs neglected to control epistaxis in 4/33 patients, conceivable because of an inaccessible site of dying.

End

This examination exhibited that HemCon Nasal Plug is a powerful extra in the prehospital treatment of uncontrolled foremost epistaxis.

Production DETAILS

Full Study PDF

Grotenhuis, R. et al. J of Prehospital Emergency Care 2017; 0:1-7

Study Link: Use of Hemostatic Nasal Plugs in Emergency Medical Services in the Netherlands: A Prospective Study of 33 Cases

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