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Originally Posted by BatmanX
Doesn't the military, medics, others carry that substance that clots and shuoldn't be removed until the individual is at a hospital medic station?
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I belive you are referring to "QUICKCLOT"...A sawdust-like powder that works my removing ALL H20 (causes exothermic reaction) from blood at the sight of a hemmorrhage, thus leaving raw thrombin/clotting factors at the wound site.
Advantages:
Non-Compressable hemmorhage...Pour in and direct pressure over it
CAUTION:
- It gets REALLY HOT when applied...Has caused burns in some
- Beware when using in windy conditions...One grain in your eye...(see above)
- You have to have "eyes on the bleeder"...If you dump it into a bullet hole, it may not work that well...
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Originally Posted by BatmanX
I thought you could purchase them (kind of spendy) but it was a packet that mixed with the blood and became hard.
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Yes, Z-Medica offers Quickclot OTC...
But, it is a tool...not a "Magic Bullet" in trauma care...
Yes, when the exothermic reaction "cools" the quickclot will harden at the wound site.
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