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Interesting. I stand (*somewhat*) corrected — in fact it seems QC has updated the kit and now includes 24” of impregnated gauze. The new kit has an OD Green color strip on it as opposed to the all black Trauma Paks. That’s a reasonable improvement for the price and probably reasonable for a day hike kit if you were to fall and impale yourself on a branch. I stand by my earlier statement though that this kit is not the best for severe trauma such as a GSW or chainsaw injury or anything with severe hemorrhagic bleeding. I’d still go with Combat Gauze, despite the heavy price tag.

Several places offer holiday sales, so I’d look to pick up the Combat Gauze once on sale in a few months.

I’m not aware of any commercial kits still including granulated hemostatic agent — I know you can still by Celox (as one commercially available product) but I think most commercial kits have gone away from that for the reasons stated.

<blockquote data-quote="Mtn_Guy" data-source="post: 7410159" data-attributes="member: 60032">Interesting. I stand (*somewhat*) corrected — in fact it seems QC has updated the kit and now includes 24” of impregnated gauze. The new kit has an OD Green color strip on it as opposed to the all black Trauma Paks. That’s a reasonable improvement for the price and probably reasonable for a day hike kit if you were to fall and impale yourself on a branch. I stand by my earlier statement though that this kit is not the best for severe trauma such as a GSW or chainsaw injury or anything with severe hemorrhagic bleeding. I’d still go with Combat Gauze, despite the heavy price tag.Several places offer holiday sales, so I’d look to pick up the Combat Gauze once on sale in a few months.I’m not aware of any commercial kits still including granulated hemostatic agent — I know you can still by Celox (as one commercially available product) but I think most commercial kits have gone away from that for the reasons stated.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mtn_Guy, post: 7410159, member: 60032"] Interesting. I stand (*somewhat*) corrected — in fact it seems QC has updated the kit and now includes 24” of impregnated gauze. The new kit has an OD Green color strip on it as opposed to the all black Trauma Paks. That’s a reasonable improvement for the price and probably reasonable for a day hike kit if you were to fall and impale yourself on a branch. I stand by my earlier statement though that this kit is not the best for severe trauma such as a GSW or chainsaw injury or anything with severe hemorrhagic bleeding. I’d still go with Combat Gauze, despite the heavy price tag. Several places offer holiday sales, so I’d look to pick up the Combat Gauze once on sale in a few months. I’m not aware of any commercial kits still including granulated hemostatic agent — I know you can still by Celox (as one commercially available product) but I think most commercial kits have gone away from that for the reasons stated. [/QUOTE]

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