first aid kit for major bleeding.

[sarabande]

my eyes have been opened by serious first aid kit called 'haemostats'.

In the event of a deep wound that is bleeding heavily, there are various powders / granules / films which accelerate the clotting processes and help stop blood loss.


Several products on the markets.


Here's a video of one product in action - WARNING - bloody !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNcnCRY_lUg

 

[nigelmercier]

Handy pack is probably the best bet: http://amzn.to/1ohkbEl

I've got a bottle of some powder given to me by a Chinese doctor, he says it's what the Vietnamese troops carried.