# Frank Hursey

> Frank Hursey is an American inventor and philanthropist, best known for inventing QuikClot, a hemostatic dressing designed to rapidly control bleeding. QuikClot Combat Gauze, impregnated with kaolin, is the hemostatic agent of choice recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the United States Armed Forces. It is widely used by hospital operating & emergency rooms, the military, EMS crews, law enforcement, and consumers. It has saved thousands of lives.

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1944
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Frank Hursey is an American inventor and philanthropist, best known for inventing QuikClot, a hemostatic dressing designed to rapidly control bleeding. QuikClot Combat Gauze, impregnated with kaolin, is the hemostatic agent of choice recommended by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care for the United States Armed Forces. It is widely used by hospital operating & emergency rooms, the military, EMS crews, law enforcement, and consumers. It has saved thousands of lives.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.3
- **Momentum:** 12.4

## Sources
- [Frank Hursey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hursey)
- [فرینک ہرسی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9_%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q135985452)

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