Curad Bloodstop Hemostatic Gauze, 1 X 1 Inches, 10 Count

Thankfully haven't had to use it yet..... but glad to have it. **update** had to use one night as a wound started bleeding heavily after coming home from hospital after surgery. Pressure bandage wouldn't work as the wound was from skin cancer excision on forehead. I applied this little patch, added a bandage around it and no more issues. Saved a trip back to the hospital!

These are really wonderful to have on hand with your first aid supplies. Being an nurse, I saw how well they worked for stopping a cut from bleeding. They are useful for small cuts or wounds that won’t stop bleeding after putting more than 10 minutes of firm pressure on them. For example, I cut the top of my finger after putting up my clothes line. It was not deep or large, at most it was a quarter of an inch in size. I knew it didn’t need stitches, but it just kept bleeding no matter how long I put pressure on it. So I cut a square of this material and put it on the cut as directed. The bleeding stopped quickly! Leave it on until the next day or it falls off. You can put a band-aid over it or you can moisten the edges with a wet finger to stay on. Another time, my lip was bleeding after trying to peel dry skin off. This stuff worked beautifully! Caution: this is ONLY for small cuts, not large, deep cuts. It is not meant for those. Always see your healthcare provider or urgent care for a larger, deep wound that need more than home treatment. Also, if you use this and bleeding continues, get help immediately. Or if you slash your finger with a knife go to urgent care! But for the small cuts that don’t stop bleeding, these are great!

Works well , easy to apply, but patches are small

The CURAD BloodStop® Wound Dressing 1” x 1” are great. Much easier to use than the powder. Many of our new scouts seem to cut themselves after earning their Tote’n Chip flee some reason. These 1”x1” are perfect for managing these situations.

These are about one square inch, which is perfect for most small cuts. I just sliced my thumb wide open (more than 1 cm in at an angle). It’s the kind of cut where you can feel your heartbeat in the cut, and the blood is pumping out like an overflowing toilet. I’m not exaggerating. After putting pressure on it with toilet paper and then wrapping it with toilet paper and putting a Band-Aid over it (ghetto blood stop, usually works), I realized that blood was pouring out of the end of the Band-Aid all over the floor, seriously, big drops of blood all over the tile. So I went into our first aid kit to find these, put one on the cut after wiping the excess blood off. After a few seconds I noticed blood coming right through the little square, so I thought it wasn’t working, but I waited for a minute or so for it to do its thing and sure enough the blood stopped completely. I wrapped a Band-Aid around my thumb so that it would hold this in place with light pressure. It’s been about 10 minutes since, and there is no blood anywhere to be seen anywhere around or under the Band-Aid; I’m pretty sure I could just take the Band-Aid off right now and it wouldn’t have any chance of bleeding. These little guys fellers magic.