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Which of the following statements is true? correct answersMost Soldiers who die from combat injuries on the battlefield could not have been saved by self-aid, buddy aid, or combat lifesaver efforts.
According to IS0871, which of the following actions on the battlefield will result in preventing the most deaths due to ground combat? correct answersControlling severe bleeding on extremities.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of tactical combat casualty care? correct answersTactical mobile surgical care.
Which of the following best describes a combat lifesaver? correct answersA nonmusical Soldier who provides lifesaving measures as his secondary mission.
Your squad is under enemy fire. You see that a Soldier has been wounded. Your platoon sergeant tells you to keep firing. As a combat lifesaver, you should: correct answersKeep firing.
You are providing care under fire to a casualty. Which of the following actions can be performed before moving the casualty to a safe location? correct answersApply tourniquet to a limb with severe bleeding from a wound.
The casualty and you are protected from enemy fire. The casualty has a wound to his right leg. You have controlled the bleeding using Emergency Bandage and pressure. The casualty is alert, sitting up, and not in respiratory distress. You can easily detect his radial pulse. Which of the following should you do? correct answersAdminister the casualty's pill pack.
You are on the battlefield and under enemy fire. A casualty has a penetrating open chest injury. The casualty is not breathing, is making no attempt to move and has no pulse. You should: correct answersNot attempt to treat the casualty. You one upon a Soldier who is lying on his back and appears to be unconscious. You do not see obvious wounds. You are not under enemy fire. What should you do first? correct answersGently shake the casualty's shoulder and ask, "Are you OK?" in a loud voice.
You are evaluating a casualty using the AVPU method for determining the level of consciousness. The casualty does not respond when you ask him questions in a loud voice, but reacts to pain when you rub his sternum briskly with your knuckle. You should classify the casualty's level of consciousness as: correct
answersP - For pain.
You are in a tactical field situation (not under enemy fire). A Soldier is lying on his back. He is breathing and is alert. He has no serious wounds to his extremities or head. You see an entrance wound on a casualty's chest. What should you do now? correct answersSeal the chest wound and check for other open chest wounds on his back.
Four Soldiers are acting as litter bearers for a casualty lying on a standard litter. The Soldiers are facing the same direction. What should each bearer do before grasping the litter handle? correct answersKneel with the knee nearest the litter on the ground and the other knee raised.
You are treating a casualty who was near an explosion. A small stick has penetrated his leg and about half of the stick is protruding from the wound. Which of the following should you do? correct answersApply bulk dressing materials around the stick; then secure the dressing materials with a bandage.
Which of the following relies on pressure and a hemostatic agent (kaolin) that causes blood to clot when it comes into contact with the blood? correct answersCombat Gauze.
You have applied an Emergency Bandage to wound the casualty's forearm. The casualty is sitting up with his back against a tree. What else should you do to help control the bleeding? correct answersHave the casualty apply manual pressure to the dressing.
You come upon a casualty who has suffered a complete amputation about six inches below his knee. What should you do? correct answersApply a tourniquet to the leg.
Which of the following statements is true? correct answersMost Soldiers who die from combat injuries on the battlefield could not have been saved by self-aid, buddy aid, or combat lifesaver efforts.
According to IS0871, which of the following actions on the battlefield will result in preventing the most deaths due to ground combat? correct answersControlling severe bleeding on extremities.
Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of tactical combat casualty care? correct answersTactical mobile surgical care.
Which of the following best describes a combat lifesaver? correct answersA nonmusical Soldier who provides lifesaving measures as his secondary mission.
Your squad is under enemy fire. You see that a Soldier has been wounded. Your platoon sergeant tells you to keep firing. As a combat lifesaver, you should: correct answersKeep firing.
You are providing care under fire to a casualty. Which of the following actions can be performed before moving the casualty to a safe location? correct answersApply tourniquet to a limb with severe bleeding from a wound.
The casualty and you are protected from enemy fire. The casualty has a wound to his right leg. You have controlled the bleeding using Emergency Bandage and pressure. The casualty is alert, sitting up, and not in respiratory distress. You can easily detect his radial pulse. Which of the following should you do? correct answersAdminister the casualty's pill pack.
You are on the battlefield and under enemy fire. A casualty has a penetrating open chest injury. The casualty is not breathing, is making no attempt to move and has no pulse. You should: correct answersNot attempt to treat the casualty. You one upon a Soldier who is lying on his back and appears to be unconscious. You do not see obvious wounds. You are not under enemy fire. What should you do first? correct answersGently shake the casualty's shoulder and ask, "Are you OK?" in a loud voice.
You are evaluating a casualty using the AVPU method for determining the level of consciousness. The casualty does not respond when you ask him questions in a loud voice, but reacts to pain when you rub his sternum briskly with your knuckle. You should classify the casualty's level of consciousness as: correct
answersP - For pain.
You are in a tactical field situation (not under enemy fire). A Soldier is lying on his back. He is breathing and is alert. He has no serious wounds to his extremities or head. You see an entrance wound on a casualty's chest. What should you do now? correct answersSeal the chest wound and check for other open chest wounds on his back.
Four Soldiers are acting as litter bearers for a casualty lying on a standard litter. The Soldiers are facing the same direction. What should each bearer do before grasping the litter handle? correct answersKneel with the knee nearest the litter on the ground and the other knee raised.
You are treating a casualty who was near an explosion. A small stick has penetrated his leg and about half of the stick is protruding from the wound. Which of the following should you do? correct answersApply bulk dressing materials around the stick; then secure the dressing materials with a bandage.
Which of the following relies on pressure and a hemostatic agent (kaolin) that causes blood to clot when it comes into contact with the blood? correct answersCombat Gauze.
You have applied an Emergency Bandage to wound the casualty's forearm. The casualty is sitting up with his back against a tree. What else should you do to help control the bleeding? correct answersHave the casualty apply manual pressure to the dressing.
You come upon a casualty who has suffered a complete amputation about six inches below his knee. What should you do? correct answersApply a tourniquet to the leg.
