Why we like these:
While both regular gauze and hemostatic gauze will both stop bleeding with the proper technique, hemostatic gauze like QuikClot Combat Gauze will work significantly faster. Think a couple of minutes versus 10+ minutes. We keep one of these in every IFAK and bleed kit we own. These are vacuum-sealed, small (3"x4") and weigh only 1oz.
All of our medical equipment comes direct from North American Rescue, and you can be confident that what you purchase here is 100% authentic.
Also, we strongly suggest taking a "Stop the Bleed" class. Visit www.stopthebleed.org to learn more and find a class near you.
Official Description From North American Rescue:
Combat Gauze® stops arterial and venous bleeding in seconds
Fast-acting Combat Gauze® from North American Rescue is the ultimate wound care dressing. Tailored to the needs of combat and tactical medical personnel, this hemostatic dressing combines surgical gauze with a proprietary inorganic material to deliver three important benefits. It stops blood flow. It’s inert. It’s non-allergenic.
The material, pliable and familiar to medical personnel, can be fitted to any size or shape wound (including penetrating wounds). Plus, it is easily removed once clotting has taken place. Combat Gauze® comes in rolls four yards long by three inches wide.
The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care recently recommended Combat Gauze™ as the first-line hemostatic product.
- Controls Bleeding: Promotes clotting within minutes, allowing responders to control bleeding in an efficient and timely manner.
- Easy To Use: QuikClot Combat Gauze uses the same placement technique as standard gauze
- Expedited Product Access: Eight tear points for quicker application
- Heat Free: QuikClot products produce NO Heat
- Expiration: 5 year shelf life
- Easily removed once clotting occurs
- Recommended by Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care
