Off The Grid Living: Revolutionary Off-Grid Device Seals Wounds In Seconds

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Revolutionary Off-Grid Device Seals Wounds In Seconds

Written by: Travis P Extreme Survival

The first time I’d heard the term “hemostatic” was early in my Marine Corps career. It was at a traumatic first aid course with our company Corpmen teaching us things that would later save lives less than a year later in Afghanistan. The word hemostatic comes from two words. The first is “statikos,” also known as static, which means to stop. “Hemo” comes from the word “hemorrhage” so combined they mean essentially to stop bleeding.
At the time our hemostatic agent was called Quikclot, and it came vacuum sealed in a green package. We carried a couple of these in our first aid kits and knew in the emergency situation if we had to use them it was going to burn, burn pretty terribly, but it could save a life. The application was limited, and you could only use it in an extremity. Using it in the torso could cause death. QuickClot was brutal but effective, limited but revolutionary.

Shortly prior to touching Afghan soil we were introduced to a new product, Combat Gauze, made by QuikClot. Soon enough the old packages we had were discarded and Combat Gauze took its place. Combat Gauze was an amazing improvement over standard QuikClot. Gone was the burning that occurred when using QuikClot, and Combat Gauze could be used anywhere normal gauze could be used on the human body.
Combat Gauze faced some very real limitations, like regular gauze. First off, stuffing a wound full of gauze can be difficult to do when bullets are flying, and it can be slow and quite painful for the patient. In the moment someone in extreme pain can resist, and fight and struggle and generally make treating them very difficult. The time it takes to shove gauze to the bottom of the wound is valuable time that can be used to apply pressure and prevent a patient from losing blood….More Here

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