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Help For Those Who Play With Sharp Toys

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This is a public service announcement for knife knuts......

If you happen to one of those people that play with sharp toys :D and accidentally cut yourself :( there is now a new way to stop the bleeding.
UrgentQR is a POWDER that you pour onto the cut. It STOPS THE BLOOD FLOW and forms a scab within 30 seconds.

It has just been released and I bought it at CVS.
Does anybody have experience with this stuff?
This sounds like something that a knife knut would definitely want to keep around the house?

http://www.urgentqr.com
 
Good Point.
It is a salt ferrate (a chemical containing potassium, iron, and oxygen) and some sort of ion-exchange polymer.
Maybe we have a chemist here that can explain this better.

It is approved by the US FDA so it must be safe.
 
If I remember correctly, Iron Subsulfite (hope I got it right both the substance and the English) is what we used in my younger days and it worked fine, never knew if it was toxic or anything, I don´t keep it around any more because my wife is allergic to it.
 
There was a similar product(at least in description, possibly not in actual composition) that was being used by military, but then was withdrawn from use, at least in some branches, due to fact raction was exothermic, and released too much heat, supposedly up to boiling point of water. i'd do some more research before I used it.


When ya cut a finger, just stick it in your mouth till it slows down bleeding, then wrap it in toilet paper. ;)
 
The better chinese drug stores in major cities across the US in china towns cary a small clear bottle with a white powder inside that looks similiar to talcum.

On top of the bottle is a small "pea" like object. When seriously injured and bleeding out, you pour the powder on the wound, and swallow the pill.

Major wounds stop blood letting and coag almost instantly. The pill will keep you up and running for up to 24 hours.

There is no americanized name for it. When I was training with WerBell and the boys, his persoanl aid who was oriental gave us the symbols on the blackboard to copy and bring to the druggist.

I had him write it into my notebook personally. Still have it locked up with formulas, tricks, drawings etc in one of the safes. Never had ocassion to use it, have it in the "go" bag to this day.

Very few non chinese know of it, and it is not available in every chinatown. He mentioned NY, SanFran, and Boston. Fortunately I've always been close to one of them and had access to this.

When we were working out of US territory it was mandatory to have it on us during ops. Saw it used in real time two or three times, it works.

As I can't type chinese symbols on the computer, it can't be shared in this format. Sounds similiar though

Brownie
 
Around the ranch we always used a vetrinary product called Blood Stopper, its silver nitrate as far as I understand. Generally its used in de-horning calves, put it on the end of the cut horn to staunch the blood-flow. Seen it used on people many a time. Works too.
Although, all these things sound interesting, be worth looking into.

ETP777 - the product you are thinking of is called QuickClot, and its designed for use only on major bleeding, I.E. arterial. Not for use on minor (by compare) wounds. Made from some sort of processed sea-life shell if I remember correctly. Reports from field have been very mixed, but yes, some groups within the military have stopped using it and reported problems with its heat. SOme folks around still reccomend it for civilian use though, as something to have in the emergency kit. I'd like to find out more about it, but if it could stop arterial blood-flow, depending on the heat damage, might not be a bad thing for extremely dire emergencies living remotely, like I do, where a hospital is 90 minutes to two hours away (on a good day).
 
The product mentioned works by causing rapid vaso-constriction (makes all the little pipes carrying your blood close up). A new and improved version of this is being used in various combat dressings with great success. Older generation products of this nature stopped bleeding by creating a chemical burn over the wounded area; stopping the bleeding, but, ceating a new set of problems. The newer is much safer, and costly, certain initial care dressings cost up to $900. It is a valuable tool to have in the ole' trauma bag but I wouldn't want to use it on anything short of spurting cuts or gaping gunshot wounds. Thats my two cents at least.
Justin
 
I guess that powder stuff is better than using a blow-torch to sear the wound shut.:D.
 
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