WALLINGFORD, Conn. - Executives of Z-Medica Corporation (Z-Medica) recently presented the company’s 2007 Francis X. Hursey Award to Rockland Paramedic Services (RPS) Medic 21 member John McCullough for his heroic use of its breakthrough QuikClot® 1st Response™ brand hemostatic agent to save the life of a motorcycle accident victim. The Hursey Award is presented annually to, “the civilian first responder who best exemplifies the Z-Medica creed: The greatest privilege is to make a difference.” It is named for Frank Hursey, the discoverer of QuikClot® who, with Z-Medica CEO Raymond J. Huey, made the presentation to McCullough before an audience of officials of Orangetown, New York, where the accident occurred, members of the public, representatives of RPS, and the woman whose life was saved -- now recovered. Her appearance drew tears and applause from the room as her fiancée had been killed instantly in the accident. When paramedic McCullough arrived at the accident scene in May of 2007, he observed the victim with a deep wound to the thigh, involving a tear of the femoral artery, a life-threatening injury. Bystanders had applied a tourniquet, which was not working to stem the blood flow. Calling on his training, McCullough applied QuikClot® 1st Response™ to the wound, and immediately stopped the arterial bleeding. He removed the tourniquet without further bleeding, stabilizing the victim sufficiently to be airlifted to the Westchester Medical Center Trauma Center. According to RPS, the Westchester trauma team attributed the victim’s survival and good outcome to paramedic McCullough’s intervention. “Rockland Paramedic Service was the first EMS group in the Hudson Valley region to test and use QuikClot® 1st Response™, leading to the lifesaving usage that earned John McCullough the 2007 Hursey Award,” said Z-Medica CEO Ray Huey. “Since that time, we’ve learned that he has also used QuikClot to save a police officer’s life. Rockland Paramedic Service has also reported a number of other usages that improved the outcomes of diverse bleeding incidents in their service area. As we honor Mr. McCullough, the entire organization can be proud of its decision to deploy QuikClot®.” The second QuikClot® 1st Response™ brand usage by McCullough involved an incident in which a truck crashed into a motorcycle policeman who was part of an escort detail. The officer survived the accident, although he suffered serious debilitating injuries. McCullough used QuikClot® 1st Response™ brand to stop the bleeding and save his life. “Rockland Paramedic Services is committed to adopting the latest lifesaving technology available to protect the lives of Rockland County citizens and visitors,” said Raymond Florida Executive Director. “We are very proud of our dedicated men and women, exemplified by John McCullough, and would like to take this opportunity to also recognize his fellow paramedics Peter Van Wort, Karen Zimmerman, Ian Flisser, Kyle McKiernan. Congratulations John!” The Hursey Award consists of a presentation sculpture and a $1000 check to the charity of the recipient’s choice. Mr. McCullough selected People to People of Rockland County as the recipient of the charitable donation, which was designated for its food bank. People to People Executive Director Dolores Treger accepted the donation. Z-Medica maintains a perpetual plaque at its Wallingford, Connecticut headquarters inscribed with the names of all Hursey Award winners. John McCullough is the fourth recipient of the award. Former recipients are a Corporal in the Pennsylvania State Police, Tunkhannock Station, a Deputy in the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department, Tampa, Florida, and an officer in the Marlborough, New York Police Department. QuikClot® is an inert proprietary mineral product manufactured in a variety of formulations for different applications. The original formulation is granular and poured directly into a wound. Later products consist of beads of QuikClot® encased in a porous surgical fabric. These include QuikClot ACS+™ (Advanced Clotting Sponge) and QuikClot® 1st Response™, the product deployed by Rockland Paramedic Service. Recently Z-Medica launched QuikClot® Combat Gauze™ brand hemostatic agent, a product for the military and tactical market and its first two consumer products, QuikClot® Sport™ brand and QuikClot® Sport Silver™ brand (antimicrobial). QuikClot® brand hemostatic product has been credited with saving more than 150 lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is the most widely used hemostatic first aid product available, with more than one million units deployed worldwide. Z-Medica’s QuikClot® products are deployed with U.S. military troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, with first responders and security organizations across the nation and in 36 countries around the globe. About Z-Medica Founded in 2002, Z-Medica Corporation is a medical products company focused on innovative blood clotting nano-technologies -- hemostatic solutions that save lives. QuikClot® brand hemostatic agent was developed in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command and university hospitals. The product represents the first and most effective solution to severe blood loss outside the operating room setting. Z-Medica serves several global vertical markets, including military, first responder, homeland and private security, and consumer. Z-Medica manufactures and markets the original QuikClot® hemostatic agent, as well QuikClot® 1st Response™ and QuikClot® ACS+™, QuikClot® Sport™ and QuikClot® Sport Silver™, and QuikClot® Combat Gauze™, the newest product for military and tactical forces. Z-Medica headquarters is located at 4 Fairfield Blvd., Wallingford, Connecticut 06492. For more information, please call (203) 294.0000 or visit www.z-medica.com. About Rockland Paramedic Services Rockland Paramedic Services is an advanced life support service, which responds to all 911 medical emergencies in Rockland County, New York along with the various volunteer ambulance corps in the county.