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Post by USCGME2 on Apr 15, 2013 18:53:49 GMT -7
Quik Clot works. It works very well in fact. Its just that the older version burns like hell and the newer stuff is more gentle. If it is applied, it has to be removed at the hospital. If you had a really deep gash or GSW, it can stop bleeding where other techniques fall short.
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Post by cajunlady87 on Apr 15, 2013 19:01:37 GMT -7
See blood, place tourniquet high and tight. There are limited places on the body where that logical fails obviously but there are other ways to control bleeding say in the groin with pressure dessings and ace wraps. Tourniquet is still one of if not the quickest way to control arterial bleeding. Now tourniquet application and procedures would be an interest subject of discussion. How about it?
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Post by kutkota on Apr 15, 2013 19:02:04 GMT -7
Quik Clot works. It works very well in fact. Its just that the older version burns like hell and the newer stuff is more gentle. If it is applied, it has to be removed at the hospital. If you had a really deep gash or GSW, it can stop bleeding where other techniques fall short. They have actually revamped the procedures for applying quikclot. With out getting to deep in the weeds, once the gauze is in contact with blood you have about one minute to place the gauze on the bleeder before it becomes useless. The old way was to leave the gauze in the wound and pack a second quikclot into the wound, on top of the original. The new way is to remove the first as it is hampering the effects of the cloting factors and place the second or subsequent bandages directly on the bleeder. With all the crap you have to put up with from/in the military, they basically write most trauma care for the civilian side and a pretty darn good job of achieving a high success rate.
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Post by USCGME2 on Apr 15, 2013 19:06:31 GMT -7
Yeah Kuts, that is different from what I learnt. Now Im really looking forward to ur tutorials
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Post by cajunlady87 on Apr 15, 2013 19:15:39 GMT -7
Quik Clot works. It works very well in fact. Its just that the older version burns like hell and the newer stuff is more gentle. If it is applied, it has to be removed at the hospital. If you had a really deep gash or GSW, it can stop bleeding where other techniques fall short. Yes it does work no matter what form it is. I do remember reading a story about a soldier in Iraq who got shot by an M16 in the armpit. He said he was fading in and out from loss of blood and knew it was bad. As much as he tried to stay awake it was becoming harder for him to do. The medic emptied a packet of Quik Clot granules in his armpit and the burning sensation woke him up real fast. Despite the skin burn scarring from the granules he is proud to tell anyone had it not been for Quik Clot he wouldn't be here to tell his story.
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