I can't point to any specific source (yet) for the info, other than my instructors - most of whom were Army or AF medics, or Navy corpsmen. We were taking PHTLS, TNCC, or ATLS depending on our provider level, so a higher echelon of care (for the most part) than what the medics are getting. I'll see if I can dredge up some references in the next couple of days on this info.
One thing I realized - there's something called "Combat gauze" still being used by the military that's apparently a QuickClot product with impregnated propriarity anticoagulant. That's still in use/approved. This is probably what you're talking about.
I have yet to see a tourniquet in civvie use, but in all fairness I've been off the streets about 5 years now.
Sometime last year, National Registry changed the "Bleeding, Wounds and Shock" practical skills sheet to include tourniquets for all levels or EMT providers. I would guess that it will take a few years before it trickles into actual widespread use in the field.
Interestingly, while CombatGuaze is a QuickClot product it appears that it uses a different hemostatic agent rather then the older QuickClot formula that produced heat and subsequently caused burns. I have not used it at all, but to quote a medic who has "it is the s#!t, night a day difference compared to the old stuff".
Hemostatics work, loose granules can be a problem when miss used. WoundStat is garbage and should be thrown away, this specific agent HAS been found to travel through the blood stream and cause emboli and was removed from TCCC guideline and military service in 2008/2009.
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