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[[Image:Bloodstopper.jpg|thumb|Powdered bloodstopper being applied to [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s leg ([[Faith]]). ]]
[[File:Bloodstopper.jpg|thumb|Powdered bloodstopper being applied to [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s leg {{TRS|Faith}}. ]]


'''Bloodstopper''' is a medical powder used by the Colonial military to prevent wounds from bleeding in an effective way. It immediately cauterizes gun-shot wounds and other types of bleedings. As the process creates heat, [[Morpha|morpha]] is used along with it to ease the pain. It is included in standard [[Medkit|medkits]] ([[Faith|Faith]]).  
'''Bloodstopper''' is a generic term for a powder-based cauterizing agent used to prevent wounds from bleeding in an effective way. It immediately cauterizes gun-shot wounds and other types of bleedings. As the process creates heat, [[morpha]] is used along with it to ease the pain. Packets of the cauterizing agent, Hemostatik-A, It is included in standard Colonial Fleet [[medkit]]s {{TRS|Faith}}.
 
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File:Hemostatik-A.jpg|A packet of the Hemostatik-A "bloodstopper" cauterizing agent, produced by [[Picon Laboratories]].  
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Latest revision as of 02:22, 22 January 2024

Powdered bloodstopper being applied to Gaeta's leg (TRS: "Faith").

Bloodstopper is a generic term for a powder-based cauterizing agent used to prevent wounds from bleeding in an effective way. It immediately cauterizes gun-shot wounds and other types of bleedings. As the process creates heat, morpha is used along with it to ease the pain. Packets of the cauterizing agent, Hemostatik-A, It is included in standard Colonial Fleet medkits (TRS: "Faith").

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Notes

  • The idea of bloodstopper comes from writer Bradley Thompson[1].
  • Similar combat coagulants, such as QuikClot, are used by today's armies.

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