Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Card – answer DD Form 1380
Under what conditions would you consider spinal precautions possibly necessary? -
answer Motor vehicle crashes, Falls from greater than 15ft, IED blast involving an
MRAP vehicle
The leading cause of preventable battlefield death is? - answer Hemorrhage
Where on the body are the majority of combat wounds suffered? - answer Extremities
What is the single biggest obstacle you will face when providing battlefield care? -
answer Enemy fire
Who decides if casualties will be evacuated? - answer The tactical commander/leader.
What treatments will you provide during Care Under Fire (CUF) phase? - answerThe
only treatment you will provide is a hasty tourniquet.
The distance a casualty can be transported by manual carry depends upon what? -
answer1. Strength and endurance of the bearers 2. Weight of the casualty 3. Nature of
the injuries 4. Obstacles encountered durning transport
What is line four of a nine line medevac? - answerSpecial equipment.
What are the brevity codes for line four special equipment? - answerA= none B= Hoist
C= Extraction equipment D= Ventilator
What is line three of the nine line Medevac? - answerNumber of patients by
precedence.
What are the brevity codes for line three number of patients by precedence? -
answerA= Urgent B= Urgent Surgical C= Priority D= Routine E = Convenience
Loading sequence for 4 litter casualties - answerUpper right, lower right, upper left,
lower left
The _________ are loaded last so that they can be the first to be off loaded -
answerThe most seriously injured
The three most common devices used by the hoist to extract casualties are? -
answerThe stokes basket, the jungle penetrator, the SKED litter
, How many casualties can a HAGA MRAP evacuate? - answer3 litter and 6 ambulatory
How many casualties can a STRYKER evacuate? - answer4 little and 6 ambulatory.
How many casualties can an M997 evacuate? - answer4 litter or 8 ambulatory of 2 litter
and 4 ambulatory
All tourniquets placed during Care Under Fire must be - answerHasty Tourniquets
What are the 4 "P's" of wound packing? - answerPeel, push, pile, pressure
Pile the gauze above the love of the skin _____ inches - answer1-2 inches
Capillaries - answerWhere O2 and CO2 exchange occurs. Bleeding oozes.
veins and venules - answerCarry blood back to the heart, have lower pressure
compared to arteries and have darker, burgundy colored blood, bleeding tends to flow.
arteries and arterioles - answerCarry blood away from the heart to the tissues, typically
have higher pressure and bright red blood, bleeding tends to be pulsating, but may flow
from deeper artery.
Consider a casualty hypothermic when their core body temperature falls below -
answer95 degrees
Plasma - answerWatery, fluid with proteins, platelets, and other molecules and
dissolved minerals. Constitutes over half the blood volume.
Blood clotting requires a normal pH level of - answer7.35 to 7.45
Hemodilution - answerWhen too much IV crystalliod fluid has been given. The clotting
proteins, platelets and red blood cells have been "washed out" of the vascular space.
Casualties with non-compressible hemorrhage need _______ - answerAppropriate
shock management and urgent surgical evacuation and surgery. Urgent-surg is Bravo
within line 3 of a 9line
Suction should not be applied for more than - answer15 seconds
What never is being stimulated if auctioning is too aggressive? - answerThe Vagal
nerve
Penetrating trauma distributes force - answerOver a smaller area
Blunt force is distributed - answerOver a larger area
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