They banned quick clot when I was in Afghanistan.

Really? That's crazy! When were there last?

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I was there from '08 to '09...we had the powder, but mostly just used the bandages impregnated with it. We did some missions with the Canadian Airborne/Air Assault guys. Those boys are crazy as hell!

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I think there might be some confusion about the hemostatic products.  Celox and other powdered products are no longer used because many were having bad reactions. But the Quikclot combat gauze is still issued.

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Who you taking the wilderness first aid with? It's a great course. I took mines with nowls or something like that. It expands a lot on the basic first aid and teaches past the abcs of first aid. Also got a handy little plastic card reference thing I now carry with me.

I'm taking my class through Medic First Aid/ASHI.  One of them was Firefighter/EMT from Washington State somewhere and another instructor is a retired combat medic.  The lead instructor is the guy who certifies all my instructors here in Hawaii.  The main reason I wanted to get some of my instructors and myself certified to teach because a lot of our jobs like the wind farms are in the boonies where a worker would need to stabilize and treat the injured person for transport.  For the newest wind farm in Kahuku it was a 2 hour drive to some of the sites from the trailer yard.

 As for the Quickclot, I agree that is awesome stuff.  I have a couple bandages with it that I take hiking.  The three items I listed were just from what I had learned when I was getting certified to be an instructor.