Originally Posted by
littlewaywelt
Quikclot is about the only life saving thing you can carry in a small kit. EMS is less than 10mins away. If I have an injury that could kill me in 8mins, nothing I carry will be able to fix it (again minus the quick clot).
For those that aren't familiar with it, in its testing quikclot had a 100% success rate in severed femoral arteries in cows. The control subjects obviously died in minutes. It can stop big arterial level bleeds in short order. It's expensive, but it literally can save lives and it's over the counter, available to anyone. It's also inert so you don't have to worry about allergic reactions.
Quickclot scares the hell out of me. The loose powder is extremely dangerous, and shouldn't be handled by anyone who doesn't have some kind of formal medical training.
I guess the little teabags of quickclot might be useful in a catastrophic accident. If you know how to use it. But if you have an injury bad enough to warrant using quickclot, you'll probably be unconscious before you get the chance to apply it.
EDIT: The only quikclot I'd seen before was the military stuff. Looks like they have some consumer-grade external-use stuff now.
