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To handle heavily bleeding wounds, there’s a length of QuikClot© hemostatic gauze.
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Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
Combine that with an Israeli pressure dressing and hemostatic gauze for additional means of dealing with moderate to severe bleeding.
—Derek McDonald, Outdoor Life, 3 Nov. 2020
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Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
Combine that with an Israeli pressure dressing and hemostatic gauze for additional means of dealing with moderate to severe bleeding.
—Derek McDonald, Outdoor Life, 3 Nov. 2020
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“Hemostatic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hemostatic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationMedical Definition
hemostatic
1 of 2 noun
he·mo·stat·ic
variants
or chiefly British haemostatic
: an agent that checks bleeding
especially
: one that shortens the clotting time of blood
hemostatic
2 of 2 adjective
variants
or chiefly British haemostatic
1
: of or caused by hemostasis
2
: serving to check bleeding
a hemostatic agent
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