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Originally posted by Surgicalcric
2.) TraumaDEX is 1st choice with Quickclot second.
3.) TraumaDEX can be used on both adult and peds w/o the complication of burns that Quickclot tends to produce. Not that I would not use Quickclot, I would. I firmly believe a 2nd or 3rd degree burn is better than losing a limb or a life.
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I was curious about this so I looked the products up. Quickclot is a synthetic derivative of volcanic rock, and TraumaDEX is an engineered microporous polymer derived from plants.
The part relating to differential burns is probably the physics.. QuickClot works electrostatically. TraumaDEX works osmotically. I am not smart enough to figure out what this means today.
The cool thing about TraumaDEX is that it not only adsorbs water.. it also seems like it lets the platelets etc adhere, acting as a central clotting point.