Originally Posted By: IzzyJG99
I did a blog post about this several days ago.

http://thefloridasteampunker.blogspot.com/2012/03/wal-mart-selling-quick-seal-outdoor.html

Snake_Doctor, Celox is one of the name brands for a clotting agent used in the military and civilian industries to stop blood loss. Celox specifically is made from a strimp by-product, but no known allergies have been found. I'm surprised you're not familiar with it. Celox is one of the brands that the Marines and a few other military branches and foreign militaries use.

Actually, the DoD has moved to combat gauze, an impregnated Kerlix-type of bandage. The granules have several issues in the military setting (probably not the civilian as much)
- getting the granules to the site of blood loss is difficult the deeper you go. Hard to keep "gravel" on the end of a gushing hose, you know?
- the granules have been known to migrate and cause embolisms down the road.

I'm actually taking a course this week on trauma care; I'll see if I can add anything more to this.