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And even those who aren't. This stuff weighs next to nothing and as I found is extremely good at stopping bleeding. Sliding around skinning a critter with a Havalon and this stuff is good insurance in a pack.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/WoundSea...86632c19b058c7458b941e8b4e&gclsrc=ds

Wound Seal Powder

good ideal to have i am ordering a few thank you for posting,Pete53

Walgreens carries it. I can tell you from experience that it only works for smaller cuts, even if not on thinners, but it does work and I carry it. Curad now has Bleeding Control Bandages CUR5243V1. Probably has the same stuff on them. A small container of Super Glue is good addition too .

https://curad.com/product/quickstop-bleeding-control-strip-bandages-75-x-2-83-30-count/

Is that like Quick Clot powder? Gotta be careful with that stuff, you can do more damage applying that inappropriately than not using it at all.

I have never used Quick Clot, but I always figured that was situation wher a person would die if not used.I know they developed bandages/gauze for use that were stuffed into wounds during theMiddle ingagements.
There was a discussion about that very thing on here years ago,but I have forgotten the outcome

Thanks I need that.

Read and follow directions on the label if only obviously. It worked really well for me and I'll use again without hesitation. My dad is on some strong blood thinners and is fileting fish etc. I would think it could be of use for him as well.

Got 6 or 8 wound seal vials in my little ifak. I like the idea, but really hope I never need to use it.

Saddlesore,
I think the conclusion was that the gauze was more idiot proof. Less likely to be applied wrong, and no chance of the wind blowing it away, or worse into the eyes as it is applied.

I carry quick clot, know how to use it and pressure bandages and compression bandages on me. Know how to apply pressure, and it can really hurt , on bleeding wounds

and for dogs during upland. Definitely know how to use properly

Black pepper works very well to stop bleeding.

Dad was on blood thinners and insisted on continuing to hunt. My response was to carry Quik-clot and a PLB. Quik-Clot was exothermic and there was the danger of burns and the caution of proper removal by a doc. I was accepted the risks and was prepared to use it in a life threatening bleed before I activated the PLB to call for the calvary. That curad product is labeled for "minor bleeding".

Back when I had to reason through how to keep dad hunting there were different traumatic bleed products. I believe Quik-Clot was mineral based. There was a chitin based product (think insect shells) and the third used fibrin, a component of blood that contributes to hemostasis (very expensive). Quik-Clot was the most accessible so that's was rode in the pack. I remember reading the trials for the military that included lacerating a pig's liver (pig's bleed out in minutes under normal circumstances). The quik-clot stopped the traumatic bleed.

Wound seal sounds like a promising product. I'll have to look up the research behind it.