• Cut clothing from area

• Open sterilize gauze pack, or locate the best available substitute
• Pack wound with gauze roll
• Place absorbent pad of the pressure dressing over gauze and wound.
• If no compression bandage, maintain manual pressure with hand over gauze or wrap with available bandage.

• Wrap wound with compression bandage.

• Maintain pressure, manually or with compression bandage for about three minutes.  If bleeding has stopped, keep wound wrapped and seek medical treatment.

IF BLEEDING Continues

• Tear open QuikClot ACS™

• Remove pressure dressing and gauze from wound wiping any pooled blood and fluid that you can.

• Pack wound with enough QuikClot AC bags to cover entire wound.

• Pack wound with the gauze roll.
• Place absorbent pad of the pressure dressing over gauze and wound and secure.  If no pressure bandage, maintain manual pressure for five minutes and cover with available bandage.

• Pack wound with the gauze roll

• Do not remove bandage or QuikClot®.

• Seek professional medical care as soon as possible.
• Make sure to bring empty pack of QuikClot ACS™ with you to medical care facility and give to treating physician- removal instructions are on the back of QuikClot® pack.