Posted: 5/27/2011 6:31:24 PM EDT
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Let's see your IFAK (Individual first aid kits)- will post pics later
I have the Blood stopper tool kit from Austere medical & practical preparedness project, out of Portland,OR. There kit includes SWAT-T Tourniquet, Israeli Dressing,Hemostatic Sponge Duct Tape, Safety Pins, Nitrile Gloves Antimicrobial Wipes, Mini Pencil LokSak Storage Bag,Rite in the Rain waterproof paper I also carry such things as gauze strips, non-adhesive telfa etc The kit sits in a Blackwater pack thats just a little smaller than a normal backpack. |
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I like, the more sponges the better, have heard pros and cons on the quickclot. Just took pics will upload tonight. I used to have the quikclot "sponge" in my IFAK. Then I learned, what I thought was a sponge, and what quikclot thought was a sponge, were 2 different things. I thought a sponge was...well...sponge like. What quikclot considers a sponge is this: 
If you look closely you will see "25G"....... "MESH BAG" Now, ya'll probably already know that it's larger granules in a mesh bag, in which case, that's what you want in your kit, cool. And I believe we all have to decide what's best for each of us, in our own kits. I just hope nobody else interprets "sponge" it like I did, thinking it was something else. It is one of the reasons why I want with the combat gauze instead...... Just a non-medical, spend too much time on the interweb, opinion. Take Care, CT |
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Here is an artical from the Journal of emergency medical services - Tournequet first
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