(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, July 29, 2015 ) Clearwater, Florida -- First Aid Shoppe, a Clearwater, Florida company dedicated to providing high-end first aid and trauma gear to the general public, reports a rise in sales of their ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-Tourniquet to the market segment that includes climbers, free-runners and parkour enthusiasts. The kit is compact and designed to fit a need for serious-injury response and stabilization.
"These are small kits and easy to keep on hand," says First Aid Shoppe COO, Anna Loehwing. "And they contain two key items to handle serious bleeding -- the key thing to handle after breathing in a serious accident. Broken bones can be set, other injuries can be fixed later, but serious bleeding needs to be handled at the scene and fast. The ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-Tourniquet is designed to do just that."
These specific groups of users, climbers and parkour runners, have been purchasing these kits in record numbers for those reasons. The ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-Tourniquet is compact, at just 10 ounces, and contains both the SWAT-Tourniquet (Stretch Wrap And Tuck) and the QuikClot Advanced Clotting Sponge. These two items are designed to treat all major forms of serious bleeding.
The SWAT-Tourniquet is a quick-use, easy to apply tourniquet that can be placed high in the groin or armpit area to stem arterial bleeding, which can also be used as an elastic bandage. Arterial bleeding can lead to the fastest loss of blood; the SWAT-Tourniquet works to stop that flow. The QuikClot Advanced Clotting Sponge is a combat-grade sponge that uses a hemostatic (clotting) agent in use by all four branches of the US Military to handle battlefield hemorrhage. QuikClot is designed to be used at point of injury, and in conjunction with the arterial blocking effects of the SWAT-Tourniquet, composes a full solution for serious-injury bleeding.
"It's no surprise these extreme sports enthusiasts are picking these up," says Ms. Loehwing. "They're perfect for that rare but bad situation where you need to stabilize either yourself or another until help can arrive."
The ResQue 1st Trauma Kit With SWAT-Tourniquet is now 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.
