HCB TCCC Exam Questions With Verified
Answers.
Combat medical training historically was modeled on what civilian courses? -
answerEmergency Medical Technician, Advanced Trauma Life Support
What two groups are needed to optimize battlefield trauma care strategies? - answerTrauma
docs and combat...
Combat 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**
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