For external hemorrhage from sites not amenable to limb tourniquets (places where a tourniquet cannot be effectively applied) or for bleeding from wounds not requiring a tourniquet, use a CoTCCC-recommended hemostatic gauze. Hemostatic gauze with or without a pressure bandage can even be used to control compressible junctional hemorrhage (such as the neck, axillary, inguinal areas), which will be discussed later in this module.
Hemostatic gauze should not be packed into chest wounds.