I hear that a poultice of concrete works wonders...

"Gauze Sponges" are what I prefer vs. "wound dressings".

more is always a plus for heavy draining or bleeding wounds.
don't forget that simple pressure and if need pressure points and simple elevation can work wonders,and spare you a "50 pack" of 4x4's in the process

Yup, 4x4's are my favorite for about 90% of anything bleeding. I prepackage a stack of them, maybe 1.5-2" thick, a roll of gauze of some type, a roll of tape (with a corner turned under for easy location) if the gauze is not the stick to itself stuff, and a pair of gloves in a ziploc bag. My car FAK has several of those things in it. When I was an EMT, I stopped more bleeding than I care to remember with that stuff...

I am going with the 50 packs because when you need them, you can go through a lot of them just changing a wound dressing after the bleeding has long since stopped. Especially when you're putting betadine solution over each incision/puncture.

This is my recent experience concerning 4 incisions and 1 puncture wound on 2 limbs (arm and leg).

A handful of sterile 4x4's, 3x3's and 2x2's, a whole mess of non-sterile 4x4's, several giganto size female pads, and lots of Kerlix. Kerlix is so much easier to work with than gauze, and works much better. However, it is quite a bit more expensive than regular gauze - but well worth it.

Dressings are cut off in the ER, not unwrapped. Kerlix won't make it any harder. It probably cuts easier than a wad of regular gauze, if anything.

ABD pads, and the 10x30 bandages we use on the ambulance!

You can never have too many 4x4's or roll gauze. My car kit has a full box of them in it.

Well, when you get beyond "gauze sponges" there are all sorts of other dressings - the abd pads, Maxi pads, etc. The goal on my leg, for instance, is to only change the dressings 2x/week. The problem is, it exudates more than even doubled up 4x4s can handle over those 3 days, and the type of exudate I have is actually corrosive to the wound - causes it to macerate, and get larger. So, I get to play with all sorts of "fun" stuff - Algenate dressings (with and without silver), Iodasorb gel and pads, etc etc

As my wound care specialist says "In this field, the patient eventually becomes an expert in their own wound - they alone know how the wound feels that day, and that changes how you treat it, day by day"

I've had very good experiences with the algenate packing when used at the proper stage of a deep wound healing process. This is dealing with a deep wound after it had closed up to the 1" - 2" deep stage and being approx. 1/2" in diameter.

The healing time was approximately 12 months.

Yes, it's a long, getting longer, story....