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TCCC TestWhat are the three objectives of TCCC? - answer 1.treat the casualty
2.prevent additional casualties
3.complete the mission
How many members are there in the Committee on TCCC? - answer 42 members from all services in the DoD and civilian sector
What are the three phases of TCCC? - answer 1.Care Under Fire (CUF)
2.Tactical Field Care (TFC)
3.TACEVAC Care
What is the best medicine on the battlefield? - answer Fire superiority
Where should a tourniquet be placed? - answer "High and Tight"
What are the 3 types of tourniquets? - answer 1. Combat Application Tourniquet (C.A.T.)
2.Special Operations Forces Tourniquet-Tactical (SOFT-T)
3.Emergency and Military Tourniquet (EMT)
What distinguishes Tactical Field Care from Care Under Fire? - answer 1.reduced level of hazard from hostile fire
2.more time available to provide care based on the tactical situation
What does MARCH stand for? - answer M-Massive hemorrhage
A-Airway
R-Respiration
C-Circulation
H-Head injury/Hypothermia
True or False: A training tourniquets should never be used as mission tourniquets? - answer TRUE
Should you ever loosen a tourniquet intermittently after it has been applied? - answer NO
Alternative Hemostatic adjuncts - answer -Celox Gauze
-ChitoGauze -XStat (best for deep, narrow-tract junctional wounds)
What is the first choice hemostatic dressing? - answer Combat Gauze Three recommended junctional tourniquets - answer 1.Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC)
2.Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT)
3.SAM Junctional Tourniquet (SJT)
What should you not do with Junctional Tourniquets? - answer DO NOT EVER APPLY IT AND FORGET IT!
In what order should you go to assess for an airway in an unconscious patient? - answer 1. headtilt chin lift OR Modified jaw thrust
2. NPA OR Extraglottic airway
3. i-gel
4. Cric
What is the prefered extraglottic airway due to it having a gel-filled cuff making it simpler
to use? - answer i-gel
What is another name for the Adam's apple? - answer thyroid prominence
When can tension pneumothorax occur? - answer with an entry wound to the:
-chest
-abdomen
-back
-shoulder
-neck
What size gauge and needle catheter do you use for a tension pneumothorax? - answer
14-10 gauge needle and a 3.25 inch catheter
What are the two acceptable site for Needle Decompression? - answer -5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line
-2nd intercostal space, mid-clavicular line
Where should you NEVER insert for a needle decompression? - answer Never insert
the needle medial to the nipple line
When can a needle decompression be considered successful? - answer when hemoglobin oxygen saturation increases to 90% or greater
At what angle to the chest should you insert the needle for a needle decompression? - answer 90 degrees
What is the preferred dressing for a sucking chest wound? - answer vented chest seal
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