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2008-12-26 Science & Technology

Army halts use of new first aid item to study more

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 If I have a 100% chance of dying from blood loss from a wound and a 50% chance of dying from blood clots caused by something that might give me a 50% chance of survival, please use it.

Posted by crosspatch 2008-12-26 02:20|| 2008-12-26 02:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Hummm.... Still got mine.

Posted by .5MT 2008-12-26 03:26|| www.cybernations.net]">[www.cybernations.net] 2008-12-26 03:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Carry two Combat-Application-Tourniquets nearly everywhere.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-26 05:24|| 2008-12-26 05:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I have already used this stuff to effect. The civilian version is called UrgentQR, by Biolife. It is brown powder in ampules. Still hard to find in drug stores. (They also make stuff specifically for nosebleeds, which is more common.)

A friend had a growth removed from his head, and it was not bleeding much, so they just used a bandaid. But the surgeon had nicked a capillary, so when he got home--woosh! I poured an ampule on and used a little direct pressure, and that did the trick.

Other than having to clean up blood for a half hour.

Gave him an large scab that lasted for days.

Now I keep boxes of it around.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-12-26 08:50|| 2008-12-26 08:50|| Front Page Top

#5 when special bandages, tourniquets or other efforts won't work

What's your alternative?
Unless it's that suspended animation gas that they're working on, I wouldn't know.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-12-26 09:23|| 2008-12-26 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Is this the same stuff as Quickclot? I thought that was standard issue at this time.

Posted by GORT 2008-12-26 09:26|| 2008-12-26 09:26|| Front Page Top

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