Hemostatic gauze (QuikClot) works where tourniquets do not and is easy to carry
Our EMS doesn't carry hemostatic gauze on their trucks. I think they did at one time but they said plain gauze and transport works just as well. Use a TQ on the limbs, pack and compress joint/body junctions, transport thoracic and abdominal asap since there is not much anyone besides a surgeon can do.
For lay people he said to do what we wanted, it wouldn't hurt to use hemostatic gauze, but it also expires so that may be an unnecessary expense every few years.
If out in the sticks where aid may be hours or longer away hemostatics would seem to be the way to go.
The key to any gauze when packing wounds is to do that, pack the wound tight and full. That forms a tight plug. Then compress and wrap, if possible, to keep the plug in place. I'm speaking as if I really know something when I'm really just repeating what we were instructed.
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