For your med kit: TraumaDex
 

Ran up on this product at Ready Made Resources store the other day, and thought I'd pass it along.
http://www.readymaderesources.com/

This stuff is a quick clotting agent that is supposed to stop even spurting arterial wounds, but unlike it's competitor "Quick Clot", doesn't heat up to do it's thing, and cause burns. Product is made from potato starch, and is completely absorbable by the body. I have a DVD that shows a live pig being sliced open, bleeding "like a stuck pig" and TraumaDex stops it right now.

Not a replacement to fixing the problem, but buys some time to get it done right.

Plan to keep several vials of it in my kit...about a 3 year shelf life on the package. 25 bucks for a vial of 5 grams, not cheap.....but hey, I think I'm worth that much :D

http://www.merginet.com/index.cfm?pg...s&fn=traumadex

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I've been looking for a quick coagulent product fruitlessly. Thanks Andy! It could be a life saver for sure. Buy time, which is very short with serious blood loss.

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Thanks, Andy.

That stuff could be a life saver even if the poo never hits the propeller.

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I boxedfor a bit and saw cornstarch used

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I finally ordered some of this and think it deserves a bump. It could save a life. With severe bleeding even in non SHTF times help can be too slow to save the bleeder.

To me this is just a great thing to have in the home first aid kit if there is never any kind of Katrina type emergency.

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Black pepper and cayenne pepper will also work, but perhaps not as fast or with such vigorous bleeding as arterial bleeding.

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Me too.....just hit the confirm order button....Andy.....your killing me.....:smokin:

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Ah, Rich.....I'm doing you a favor, keeping you from having to worry about "taking it with you"......ahahahaaaaa

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For years I have carried �instant potato buds� in my pack when hunting. Once a companion gashed open his calf and I promptly filled it with the above, wrapped it and got him to the ER. The nurse there commented that it prolly saved a whole lot of blood and was quite thankful for the fast thinking. Her only negative was that it was a little difficult to clean the wound. But being we were at least 1.5 hours from the ER it was a great idea.

M

Andy, I'm not buying this time. I have a lot of potato buds. Whew! :proud:

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whats wrong with a sanitary napkin and direct pressure?

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Probably nothing. But when the blood is REALLY flowing and can't be stopped you better have a quick clotting agent to go along with the sanity napkin.

And by the way they are a must have in any comprehensive med kit, and survival stash. Good call AE.

m

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QWAK,Andy,THANKS I just ordered two for the emergency kits,yea it's expencive but with a 3 year shelf life I feel worth it and it could save a life even my own, so cheep insurance! You are right they aint cheep, about $65.00 for two including shiping!

I forwarded the information to a friend a nurse who is taking care of a parent on blood thinners so has big cloting problems should they get even small cuts or wounds.

I do get cuts now and then and usualy pressure is enouh but next time I will try this stuf.

Just wondering but it seems to ME that even band aids and especialy the pressure bandages the military uses would be much more effective with some of this stuff built in to the bandages,perhaps a small zip lock bag included with large bandages and a thin plastic cover over the gaus pad on smaller band aide size with a pull strip to open it just befor aplication.

BTW: I have heard in the passed of using GOLD LEAF on some bandages for things like bed sores and other wounds that don't heal properly and that it can help a lot.

the DUCK

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I keep Blood Stop Powder in my kit at home and in the truck. I buy it OTC at my co-op here in town. Veterinary supply for cattle and horses. I think a 10 oz bottle of powder ran me about $6.99. I also keep Furazol(sp?) in my kits. Topical antibiotic for all animals. It's worth a look at your local lanimal supply house if you are $ conscious.

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dont forget some saran wrap or something like that. if you get a lung wound you got to seal it up so the victim can breathe.

there are couple good books out there about first aid for trauma and field expedient measures for treatment of major injuries. they are worthwhile. wound debridement and maggot therapy!

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I suppose I should get an updated
"Wilderness Medicine" and read
Forgey again.....

dtnwn