Accidentally sliced open my wrist last night (Wish it was something cool like saving a puppy from a band of ninja cats, but no. Damn you frozen turkey patties!) First thought was "Hell, I hit my artery." But since it was only veinous bleeding, after checking out the nerves and tendons, I grabbed one of these out of my med pack, instead of a tourniquet. It wasn't bleeding a TON, but it was a pretty good flow. Used 2 of the alcohol pads to clean it out, which leaves 4. Read the directions and followed them accordingly. Didn't have to use either of the 4x4s in the pack. Put the Quick Clot pack right on the wound, and wrapped it with the gauze bandage. It also comes with a small amount of duct tape, presumably to hold the gauze wrap in place. I didn't need it though.
Took a couple hours before I decided I probably should go the MD to get it stiched up instead of using butterflies and super-glue. In that time the bleeding had stopped. So, from the time I cut myself,to the time I put this on, call it 15 minutes, no more blood. The only time it started bleeding again was when the nurse and the Doc wanted to look at the wound, so I had to remove it. Without being too graphic, the Quick Clot packet did stick a little to the dried blood. Didn't bother me, its to be expected, but I see how it could bother others. Upon replacing it, bleeding stopped again. When I finally took it off perminantly, so I could get stitched up, again, I started bleeding like a stuck pig. So, it really worked well. OH!, also the pack is resealable, so you can save the stuff you don't use.
If there were any negative to this stuff, it would be what a pain in the it was to open with 1 hand. But, thats why we have teeth, I suppose. I can honestly say I will buy 3 more of these to replace the 1 I used. I won't go anywhere w/o one. Its not a replacement for professional medical treatment, but it will buy you enough time to get there. On a side note, it wasn't a HUGE cut, 9 stitches, but it was not tiny either. So, we have learned that for anything 9 stitches and below, this stuff will work. I'm sure it will work on bigger stuff also, but I don't really want to find out 1st hand. Hopefully you never have to use it, but its worth keeping on hand just in case the turkey patties decide to fight back.