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1 Tactical Combat Casualty Care Guidelines 2 June 2014. http://www.usaisr.amedd.army.mil/pdfs/TCCC_Guidelines_140602.pdf. Accessed January 25, 2017.

2 Kheirabadi BS, Scherer MR, Estep JS, Dubick MA, Holcomb JB. Determination of effi cacy 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 Johnson D, Westbrook DM, Phelps D, Blanco J, Bentlye M, Burgert J, Gegel B. The effects of QuikClot Combat
Gauze on hemorrhage control when used in a porcine model of lethal femoral injury. Am J Disaster Med. 2014 Fall; 9(4):309-315. 6 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.
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