A suggestion is celix instead of quikclot. My surgeon brother hates dealing with quikclot. Quikclot is much better than nothing and it has a longer shelf life than celox.
Both are available in different forms from powder to a tampon like injector to impregnated gauze.
I replaced the compression bandage with an Israeli combat bandage on all my kits.
On my personal kits I have c.a.t. tourniquet but have the stretch ones for the untrained bags.
Divemedic
· September 12, 2020 at 1:14 pm
Yes. I use them interchangably. I tend to do that because QuikClot was the first one that I used. Celix works as well.
I do the same thing with "Coke" when what I really mean is "Cola"
Therefore
· September 12, 2020 at 5:11 pm
I consider quikclot a "can't afford Celox". Just to many reports from doctor's and nurses talking about having to clean it out of wounds.
It will save a life but it had a downside. Regardless have one or the other.
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Therefore · September 12, 2020 at 3:26 am
A suggestion is celix instead of quikclot. My surgeon brother hates dealing with quikclot. Quikclot is much better than nothing and it has a longer shelf life than celox.
Both are available in different forms from powder to a tampon like injector to impregnated gauze.
I replaced the compression bandage with an Israeli combat bandage on all my kits.
On my personal kits I have c.a.t. tourniquet but have the stretch ones for the untrained bags.
Divemedic · September 12, 2020 at 1:14 pm
Yes. I use them interchangably. I tend to do that because QuikClot was the first one that I used. Celix works as well.
I do the same thing with "Coke" when what I really mean is "Cola"
Therefore · September 12, 2020 at 5:11 pm
I consider quikclot a "can't afford Celox". Just to many reports from doctor's and nurses talking about having to clean it out of wounds.
It will save a life but it had a downside. Regardless have one or the other.
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