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The image in the reddit thread is clearly taken from the video that is part of OP's submission, yet commenter KanterBama identifies it as QuickClot. QuickClot h

by pmr_ 12y ago

The image in the reddit thread is clearly taken from the video that is part of OP's submission, yet commenter KanterBama identifies it as QuickClot. QuickClot however is a powder so I think his comment should not be considered factual information.

nkurz 12y ago
QuickClot however is a powder It's confusing because the brand name has remained the same, but QuikClot is no longer offered as a powder. Instead is sold as a pre-impregnated gauze: http://www.quikclot.com/Products http://www.quikclot.com/Products In addition to changing from powder to gauze, the active ingredient was also changed. Contrary to the parent, it was the earlier zeolite that could cause burns. The current kaolin formulation is (advertised as?) non-exothermic.
declan 12y ago
QuikClot is very nice. I had the opportunity to use the 2013 formulation for the first time last weekend when someone in my kitchen was cleaning a blender with their finger. The blender was not unplugged and, well, turned on. Their finger had multiple deep lacerations down to the adipose tissue. (Fortunately this was not me!) As one of the other posters in this thread said, the 2013 formulation is impregnated dry gauze. It worked very quickly to stop the bleeding with no heat--the top left of the package, in fact, is labeled "heat free." We ended up going to the Palo Alto Medical Center's urgent care clinic and they applied glue instead of stitches because of the lacerations' proximity to the fingernail. The nurse was surprised I had QuikClot on hand and mistakenly thought it worked by "cauterizing the wound." The downside is the price, about $40 for the combat gauze I used.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  > The downside is the price, about $40 for the combat gauze I used. Sounds reasonable for the use case though!

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The image in the reddit thread is clearly taken from the video that is part of OP's submission, yet commenter KanterBama identifies it as QuickClot. QuickClot h

by pmr_ 12y ago

nkurz 12y ago
QuickClot however is a powder It's confusing because the brand name has remained the same, but QuikClot is no longer offered as a powder. Instead is sold as a pre-impregnated gauze: http://www.quikclot.com/Products http://www.quikclot.com/Products In addition to changing from powder to gauze, the active ingredient was also changed. Contrary to the parent, it was the earlier zeolite that could cause burns. The current kaolin formulation is (advertised as?) non-exothermic.
declan 12y ago
QuikClot is very nice. I had the opportunity to use the 2013 formulation for the first time last weekend when someone in my kitchen was cleaning a blender with their finger. The blender was not unplugged and, well, turned on. Their finger had multiple deep lacerations down to the adipose tissue. (Fortunately this was not me!) As one of the other posters in this thread said, the 2013 formulation is impregnated dry gauze. It worked very quickly to stop the bleeding with no heat--the top left of the package, in fact, is labeled "heat free." We ended up going to the Palo Alto Medical Center's urgent care clinic and they applied glue instead of stitches because of the lacerations' proximity to the fingernail. The nurse was surprised I had QuikClot on hand and mistakenly thought it worked by "cauterizing the wound." The downside is the price, about $40 for the combat gauze I used.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  > The downside is the price, about $40 for the combat gauze I used. Sounds reasonable for the use case though!