Posted on 03/17/2006 10:13:55 AM PST by Ben Mugged
DETECTIVE Danny Johnson was on patrol outside Tampa, Florida, when a report came through of a possible shooting in a junkyard three blocks away. Arriving on the scene, he found an elderly man sitting on a tractor, with a large hole in his leg that was bleeding profusely.
Realising it would be some time before the ambulance arrived, Johnson opened a packet of sand-like material and poured it into the wound. Within seconds the bleeding had practically stopped, and the man survived. "The medic told me that had I not put the substance in there, the guy would probably have bled out and died," he says.
The material, called QuikClot, which is issued routinely to police officers in Hillsborough county, Florida, was developed for the US military to cut down the number of soldiers who bleed to death on the battlefield. More than 85 per cent of soldiers killed in action die within an hour of being wounded. Improved haemorrhage control "could probably save 20 per cent of the soldiers who are killed in action", says Hasan Alam, a trauma surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
The material is already used by the navy and a few US police departments. Researchers would like to see it used more widely, but one major safety problem has prevented this happening. Now developers are hoping that advances in the material and the design of new substances could see blood clotting treatments used by ambulance crews, in operating theatres, and even in the home.
Every US marine and navy soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan carries QuikClot.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
I attended a 'medical first responder' type of class that spoke very highly of this stuff.
Agreed
BTTT
preparing to go hunting with ... ahhh must resist making jokes about dick...
The stuffs not cheap. Just did a google search, $25.95 for 3.5oz package.
Says it works by absorbing liquid.
Sounds a lot like clumping kitty litter.
Never heard of this before. Thanks for the post.
What is the problem?
Article says it got hot when used.
Maybe so- If you *really* need it, the money instantly becomes insignificant. I can think of a couple of times that I could have really used this stuff.
LOL, your typing beat my thought processes.
Same technology as the absorbent stuff in baby diapers and oil absorbent booms for spill control. Works really good!
QuikClot website FAQ says they've recorded it getting to 140 degrees.
What about the water saving crystals used in house plants?
bookmk ping and thanks Ben
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