QuickClot - Blood Clotting Agent

[rambone]

Anybody have experience with QuickClot? Anybody know how to get it cheaper than this? Perhaps if enough people are interested we could arrange a group buy? I think I'd like to have some at home, in the car, in my range bags, etc.

QuikClot IN STOCK NOW.

YouTube - Quickclot Application & Bandaging

[Lucas156]

I would be interested in a group buy

[bogus]

Check this link out. The QuikClot 25 sport is almost half the price of LA. These guys have really nice kits as well.

Adventure Medical Kits - First Aid and Survival Gear



Here's a link to just the QuikClot stuff on their site:

AMK/Tender - QuikClot Products

[IndyBeerman]

Originally Posted by bogus

Check this link out. The QuikClot 25 sport is almost half the price of LA. These guys have really nice kits as well.

Adventure Medical Kits - First Aid and Survival Gear



Here's a link to just the QuikClot stuff on their site:

AMK/Tender - QuikClot Products

If you're going to do it, you have to get it big enough for a gunshot wound if being used in a blowout bag, otherwise the QC Sport 25 may not be enough.

Redneckmedic needs to chime in on this....

[rooster007]

Just bought 10 15gram bags of Celox anyone want to see if it works (ask a vet )no burn

[redneckmedic]

Originally Posted by IndyBeerman

Redneckmedic needs to chime in on this....

I'm not really experienced with any of the synthetic clotting agents. However I have done a ton of reading and convo's with those who have. Here is what I have concluded from all of that:

If you had an injury that had more capillary uncontrolled bleeding than large vessel, agents "cauterize" them.

To me something that would fit into that category would be:
shotgun wounds
shrapnel wounds
amputations

Something that has a lot of surface area bleeding vs just 1 large vessel. However these agents can work on large vessels, clamps, tourniquets, and pressure bandages would be better.

Remember though, I am not gospel on this, maybe IGW or indecision or a number of our active/ recently active military fellas can yeah/nay me.

[hotfarmboy1]

I picked up a couple of these for my get home bag before I sent it with my parents when they took their trip out to Seattle. I've been wondering how well they actually worked. Was hoping someone had experience with them.

[jeremy]

The Army is starting to step away from Quik Clot and Hemcom...

It has been found that the once the troop gets to the Docs that they are cutting out a lot of damaged tissue! We are pretty much just using Izzies and CAT.

Soldier has the same amount of chance of survival. Plus generally less recovery time.

[Indecision]

Yeah, quick clot is something we are turning away from. Anything thats wet activates it, so as stated, there's typically a lot of surrounding tissue damage. Say a GSW, there's blood or sweat around what you are trying to stop bleeding. All of that's going to be cauterized, so to speak, as well. I wouldn't use it except in extreme cases. I'm an Infantryman, but also a former EMT-B.

[IndyGunworks]

a proper touniquet is more effective, cheaper, and can be reused.... this stuff was the kats meow in theory but once it hit the battle field the docs started dissuading people from using it due to the further damage it can cause... a turniquet can be left on for up to four hours with no perminent damage...

this means that in normal life, use a tourny for anything that hard manual pressure will not control.

in SHTF, us a tourny until someone either drinks enough, or builds up the balls to attemp field surgury since there is no other option... if you use quickclot in SHTF how are you going to clean it out 100 percent? i know the trauma nurses spend hours getting all of that crap out after a soldiers surgury.

i wouldnt touch it with a 10 foot pole... let alone have it in my SHTF stash to further complicate things...