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compared with standard packing. 6 Causey MW, McVay DP, Miller S, Beekley A, Martin
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1 Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines 28 October 2014. http://usaisr.amedd.army.mil/joint_trauma_system.html. Accessed February 1, 2015. 2 Kheirabadi BS, Scherer MR,
Estep JS, Dubick MA, Holcomb JB. Determination of efficacy of new hemostatic dressings in a model of extremity arterial hemorrhage in swine. J Trauma. 2009;67:450-460. 3
Gegel B, Burgert J, Gasko J, Campbell C, Martens M, Keck J, Reynolds H, Loughren M, Johnson D. The Effects of QuikClot Combat Gauze and Movement on Hemorrhage Control in
a Porcine Model. MILITARY MEDICINE. December 2012;177:1543-1547. 4 Garcia-Blanco J, Gegel B, Burgert J, Johnson S, Johnson D. The Effects of Movement on Hemorrhage
When QuikClot® Combat Gauze ™ Is Used in a Hypothermic Hemodiluted Porcine Model. Journal of Special Operations Medicine. 2015 Spring;15(1):57-60. 5 Rall J, Cox J, Songer
D, Comeaux J, Estep S, Cestero F, Ross James. Comparison of novel hemostatic gauzes to QuikClot Combat Gauze in a standardized swine model of uncontrolled hemorrhage. Navy
Medical Research Unit San Antonio Technical Report;2012. 6 Sena MJ, Douglas G, Gerlach T, Grayson JK, Pichakron KO, Zierold D. A pilot study of the use of kaolin-impregnated
gauze (QuikClot Combat Gauze) for packing high-grade hepatic injuries in a hypothermic coagulopathic swine model. J Surg Res. 2013;183(2):704-709.
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