Reddit mentions of QuickClot Combat Gauze (Z-Fold)

Maxpedition individual first aid pouch


zipper pocket:

• safety pins<br />

• Nitrile gloves
  
• Ziplock bag:
  
• bacitracin
  
• alcohol wipes
  
• Band-Aids (several sizes/types)
  
• Steri-strips
  
• Moleskin
  
• Tegaderm
  
• Vaseline gauze
  
• Glacier Gel
  
• 4x4 Gauze
  
  Inside:
  
  
• Sharpie
  
  "White" side
  
  
• Whistle
  
• Signal mirror
  
• Trauma shears
  
• Wet Wipes
  
• Aluminum Finger Splint
  
• Saline
  
• Tweezers
  
• Combat Gauze
  
  "Black" side
  
  
• Ace wrap
  
• Body Glide
  
• Transpore Medical Tape
  
• Duck tape
  
• Triangle Bandage
  
• Coban
  
• Compressed Gauze dressing
  
  EDIT: Spelling, formatting, and added some links (cuz I'm bored at work). Not necessarily the ones from the vid, but links nonetheless

Yeah, they got rid of the powder the first ones caused too much tissue burn and there was a risk of the powder entering the blood stream and causing much bigger problems.

They now make a gauze that can be packed into wounds. I have heard it works well... but admittedly I have never tried it myself.

I have also heard good things about the Olaes bandage. Was recommended to me by a SWAT medic. It also costs less.

Again... I am not a medic but this is what I am hearing from some of the guys who are paid to know these things.

I wouldn’t recommend buying a “prebuilt” IFAK. They can get very expensive when you can build your own for half the price.


TRAUMA KIT

• (https://www.tacmedsolutions.com/TacMed-Solutions-Operator-IFAK-Pouch) [Tac Med Pouch]
  
  
• (https://www.rescue-essentials.com/combat-application-tourniquet-c-a-t-tactical-black-gen-7/) [CAT Tourniquet]
  
  
• (https://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Dressing-First-Aid-Compression/dp/B003DPVERM) [Israeli Bandage]
  
  
• (https://www.amazon.com/QuickClot-ZME150_OB-Combat-Gauze-Z-Fold/dp/B001E1CLTC) [Quickclot Combat Gauze]
  
  
• (https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Medical-Performance-Occlusive-Dressing/dp/B003VSORKC) [HALO Chest Seal]
  
  
• (https://www.amazon.com/EMT-Trauma-Shears-Carabiner-Stainless/dp/B00DKDNM0Y) [EMT Shears]
  
  
• Generic Gauze
  
  
• Black Mamba Industrial Gloves
  
  
  I also carry a small generic first aid kit with a few extra additions.
  
  
• Cayenne Pepper
  
• Ibuprofen
  
• Superglue
  
• 1 SAM Splint
  
• 4 tubes of Oral IV
  
• 1 MRE
  
• 1 nasal OTC Narcan kit
  
• Box of Black Mamba Industrial Gloves (best nitrile gloves ever)
  
  Don’t carry stuff if you don’t know how to use it. Especially using a chest seal. Can do more harm than good. Only stuff I would probably ever need would be a tourniquet, Israeli bandage and some gauze with quickclot. I’m a minimalist so I carry the bare minimum.
  
  Chances are you’ll use a regular first aid kit more than you would a GSW kit of an IFAK. Don’t wear trauma shears like some guards do, looks tacky an if you get into a physical fight it can be used against you.
  
  The only thing I physically carry on me is a tourniquet, the rest goes into an easily accessible patrol bag inside the trunk. I don’t have a lot of free room on my belt so I only carry what I need. Tourniquet goes into my cargo pocket.
  
  EDIT:
  
  I'm CPR and Firstaid trained, only reason I don't use any CPR mask because the chances of me using it will more than likely be on a transient or junkie. Eventhough barriers are relatively safe, I'd rather hold off. Chances are too risky for me to take on catching some sort of disease. EMS show up quicker than the police around here.

i doubt you will get hemostatic gauze at CVS... http://www.amazon.com/QuickClot-Combvat-Gauze-Z-Fold/dp/B001E1CLTC/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1343022739&sr=1-1&keywords=quikclot+z+fold

this is used by the US Military

This: https://www.amazon.com/Tactical-Ankle-Medical-Rescue-Essentials/dp/B00AAOV8YI/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1466085616&sr=8-1&keywords=trauma+kit+ankle

Plus: https://www.amazon.com/QuickClot-Combat-Gauze-Z-Fold/dp/B001E1CLTC/ref=pd_sim_121_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=51u6PYQWc%2BL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR123%2C160_&refRID=7HJXS2PWZKBQAN320T0E

Sometimes I use the ankle kit, but usually I have it in a cargo pocket. Sometimes I use both.

After Seeing a few friends die in car accidents I decided that I needed serious first aid availability. I have, what I consider, the most important part of car, in between mine, and my passengers legs. It's designed in the idea of the diver's triangle, something I can't seem to find a good link to show. If you draw a triangle, from your shoulders, to your groin, this is basically the area you can reach with a single hand, without body movement. This is the area you want your emergency equipment, because if your car flips, and you are pinned, then your trunk first aid kit will be worthless.
I have the following in the pictures my normal summer set up. Winter includes blankets and food.

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    Under my seat:
    
    

• Seatbelt/fabric ripper
  
• 5 ft. of duct tape
  
• American ranger/special forces tourniquet
  Under my passenger:
  
  
• Combat gauze
  
• Compressed Gauze
  
• Israeli bandage
  
  All of this stuff will save life from serious hemorrhaging and dismemberment for hours. I am military, so I was trained and got all of this stuff for free, but if you have a military friend, you can easily get all of this stuff for free as well, there is loads of it on every base.
  

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    I keep the seat belt ripper and CAT under my seat because the first part of aid is helping yourself, so you can live to care for others. The duct tape on all of the packages is so the ripping open is easier. You would be surprised how hard it is to open a sandwich bag with your hands covered in blood/car fluids, let alone medical packaging. Also inform your passengers what is between their legs, you might die from the accident, and if they know there is medical saving equipment in your car they could live even without you.

In a mass casualty situation, I would completely ignore anyone that needed CPR and focus on the bleeders. The time you spend giving one person CPR could be used stabilizing a dozen people who are bleeding.

For extremities, the most useful thing is a tourniquet. I prefer one with a windlass like a [CAT] (https://www.amazon.com/C--Combat-Application-Tourniquet-GENERATION/dp/B018R73OWI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468623443&sr=8-1&keywords=gen+7+cat+tourniquet) or [SOFTT] (https://www.amazon.com/Tac-Med-Solutions-SOFTT-W-Tourniquet/dp/B00E3W3BK2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468623620&sr=8-2&keywords=sof-t) over a [TK4] (https://www.amazon.com/H-Associates-TK4-Tourniquet/dp/B003YHGKF0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468623679&sr=8-1&keywords=tk4+tourniquet) or [SWAT] (https://www.amazon.com/SWAT-T-Tourniquet-Black-1-Count/dp/B003IWNOVO/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468623735&sr=8-2&keywords=swat+tourniquet).

For injuries to the abdomen, armpit, crotch, or neck; you will want a homeostatic agent. [Combat Gauze] (https://www.amazon.com/QuickClot-Combat-Gauze-Z-Fold/dp/B001E1CLTC/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468623859&sr=8-1&keywords=combat+gauze) is the way to go here, it is much better than powdered QuickClot.

For penetrating chest trauma (also called 'sucking chest wounds'), you need a large, occlusive bandage on both the entry and exit. In clinical testing of chest seals, the [Halo] (https://www.amazon.com/Progressive-Medical-Performance-Occlusive-Dressing/dp/B003VSORKC/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468624256&sr=8-3&keywords=chest+seal) and [Hyfin] (https://www.amazon.com/North-American-Rescue-Hyfin-Chest/dp/B00KQS2NGK/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468624483&sr=8-1&keywords=hyfin) drastically outperformed the [Asherman] (https://www.amazon.com/Rusch-Inc-849100-Asherman-Chest/dp/B0015TE9N4/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468624546&sr=8-2&keywords=asherman+chest+seal).

I also personally have a [decompression needle] (http://www.rescue-essentials.com/h-h-needle-decompression-kit-tpak/) to treat tension pneumothorax, but I advise you not to get it unless you have specific training on it.

For general bleeding the [Israeli bandage] (https://www.amazon.com/Israeli-Bandage-Shipped-Israel-Inches/dp/B00JKMPJBY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1468625201&sr=8-2-spons&keywords=israeli+bandage&psc=1) is way better than other bandages.

You will also want an [NPA] (https://www.amazon.com/Nasopharyngeal-Airway-Fr-9-3mm-Surgilube/dp/B003950R2E/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1468625347&sr=8-1&keywords=nasal+pharyngeal+airway) to help keep an open airway.

Edit, I forgot that you are also going to want a good pair of [trauma shears] (https://www.amazon.com/Madison-Supply-Premium-Fluoride-Scissors/dp/B00YFG1U86/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468625730&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=trauma+shears&psc=1).

Some other things to consider are rubber gloves, [Kerlix] (https://www.amazon.com/Original-Kerlix-Sterile-Bandage-Rolls/dp/B00UAULWR0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1468626013&sr=8-1&keywords=kerlix), [cravats] (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HBG726G/ref=ox_sc_mini_detail?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AR9BYY7RS0Q08), [medical tape] (https://www.amazon.com/Durapore-Medical-Tape-Silk-yards/dp/B000C4O7GC/ref=sr_1_2_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468626363&sr=1-2&keywords=medical+tape), a [SAM splint] (https://www.amazon.com/SAM-Rolled-Splint-Orange-Blue/dp/B001J5H92C/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468626238&sr=1-1&keywords=sam+splint), and a [space blanket] (https://www.amazon.com/Emergency-Mylar-Blankets-84-52/dp/B004356WLY/ref=sr_1_1_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1468626282&sr=1-1&keywords=space+blanket).