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HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANKCombat medical training historically was modeled on what civilian courses? -
ANSWER: Emergency Medical Technician, Advanced Trauma Life Support
What two groups are needed to optimize battlefield trauma care strategies? -
ANSWER: Trauma docs and combat medical personnel
How is military prehospital trauma care different from civilian trauma care? -
ANSWER: -hostile fire
-darkness
-environmental extremes
-different wounding epidemiology
-limited equipment
-need for tactical maneuver
-long delays to hospital care
-different medic training and experience
What type of wounds are often caused by IEDs? - ANSWER: Junctional hemorrhage
What is the SECOND LEADING cause of preventable death on the battlefield? -
ANSWER: Tension pneumothorax
What is the FIRST LEADING cause of preventable death on the battlefield? - ANSWER:
Hemorrhage
What are the three objectives of TCCC? - ANSWER: -treat the casualty
-prevent additional casualties
-complete the mission
The prehospital arm of the Joint Trauma System include: - ANSWER: -42 members
from all services in the DoD and civilian sector
-trauma surgeons, emergency medicine, critical care physicians, combatant unit
physicians; medical educators; combat medics, corpsmen, and PJs
-100% deployed experience as of 2017
-meet and update TCCC as needed
What was utilized before TCCC? - ANSWER: Military Medicine Supplement, 1996
Increased use of TCCC by Special Operations and conventional units began in what
year? - ANSWER: 2005
Up to ___% of combat deaths are potentially preventable. - ANSWER: 24
Three phases of care in TCCC - ANSWER: -Care Under Fire
-Tactical Field Care
, -TACEVAC Care
In 2017, everyone deploys with at least ___ tourniquets. - ANSWER: 2
What is the placement of a tourniquet over the uniform? - ANSWER: High and tight
(True/False) Airway management is generally best deferred until the Tactical Field
Care phase. - ANSWER: True
What are the major concerns for Care Under Fire? - ANSWER: Suppression of enemy
fire, moving casualties to cover
What is the best medicine on the battlefield? - ANSWER: Fire superiority
Where should you NOT treat the patient if the firefight is ongoing? - ANSWER: Kill
zone (The "X")
Casualty Movement Rescue Plan - ANSWER: -location of nearest cover
-how best to move him/her to the cover
-the risk to the rescuers
-weight of casualty and rescuer
-distance to be covered
-use of suppression fire and smoke to best advantage**
-recover the casualty's weapons
(True/False) Penetrating head and neck injuries require C-spine stabilization. -
ANSWER: False
(True/False) Neck or spine injuries due to falls, fast-roping injuries, or motor vehicle
accidents may require C-spine stabilization. - ANSWER: True
Types of Carries for CUF - ANSWER: -One-person drag with/without a line
-Two-person drag with/without a line
-SEAL Team Three Carry (Shoulder-Belt carry)
-Hawes Carry (Modified Fireman's Carry or Pack astral Carry)
Number one medical priority in CUF is... - ANSWER: Early control of severe
hemorrhage
What was the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield death in the past? -
ANSWER: Extremity hemorrhage
What is the only thing that warrants intervention during CUF? - ANSWER: Life-
threatening bleeding
What is the ONE thing, if anything, you can do for the casualty? - ANSWER: Stop
him/her from bleeding to death
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