AMK Trauma Pack W/Quikclot $21.63

WFIW, I was told by the instructor at a company sponsored "Active Shooter Training" event, that regular sugar does the same as quikclot and at a fraction of the cost. YMMV.
 
I saved this from a site some time ago. Resident doc's---you agree?

To use a sugar dressing to treat a wound, follow these steps:

Mix a couple of tablespoons of white sugar with enough glycerin to form a peanut butter-like consistency. (Glycerin, also called glycerol, simply helps the sugar stay in place. It’s sold in drugstores or may be ordered in bulk online.)
Take a 4" x 4" piece of gauze and pull it into a long strip.
Coat the gauze with petroleum jelly (Vaseline).
Place the gauze around the outside of the wound. (It will act as a dam to contain the sugar.)
Put a thick layer of the sugar/glycerin paste over the wound and cover with a sponge gauze.
Secure with a cling dressing that holds the sugar in place but does not constrict.
Change the sugar dressing every two to four days by removing the gauze, rinsing the wound with water, saline, or hydrogen peroxide, drying it, and applying fresh sugar/glycerin.

Note: Honey (without glycerin) may be used in place of sugar, but I prefer sugar because it’s less expensive. Sugar and honey are perfectly safe to use on diabetic wounds because they do not enter the bloodstream. They will not work on abscesses or pustules that are covered with skin.

Also, do not use these dressings on a bleeding wound, as sugar promotes bleeding.
 
Windini said:
Sugar is not a clotting agent bu is an antibiotic?
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https://www.livescience.com/14124-s...reatment-persistent-bacterial-infections.html

https://www.futurity.org/antibiotics-sugar-superbugs-970152/

http://outdoorselfreliance.com/sugar-in-wounds/

If I had time this morning I would go on PubMed and pull up some for-real studies. There are anecdotal stories about using sugar as an coagulant on wounds, but it is anecdotal, and nothing supported in the literature. Nothing suggests that it really works to coagulate open wounds.
 
I can see using sugar/glycerin as an emergency measur...but for a kit put together well in advance? Nah. I'll stick to clearly packaged, (nearly) idiot proof ready-to-use dressings.

I can just imagine..."Honey! I chopped off my hand with the chain saw, can you run over to the neighbor and borrow some sugar?"
 
Chuckman said:
No. It is good as antibiotic, though.
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I should of known better. Source of my info was a CMPD LEO teaching Active Shooter survival "skills" to our office. LOL.

Thanks for correcting the record.
 
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Chuckman said:
https://www.livescience.com/14124-s...reatment-persistent-bacterial-infections.html

https://www.futurity.org/antibiotics-sugar-superbugs-970152/

http://outdoorselfreliance.com/sugar-in-wounds/

If I had time this morning I would go on PubMed and pull up some for-real studies. There are anecdotal stories about using sugar as an coagulant on wounds, but it is anecdotal, and nothing supported in the literature. Nothing suggests that it really works to coagulate open wounds.
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Very interesting, though I didn't have time to read all thoroughly.

The last link -- quick & easy read, will do a little more lookin & file the sugar/honey info under "Things, Good to Know."
 
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