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TCCC HCB EXAM TESTWhat are the three objectives of TCCC? - answer 1. Treat casualty
2. Prevent additional casualties 3. Complete mission
How are the changes in TCCC made? - answer The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC)
What is care under fire? - answer Care rendered by the first responder or combatant at the scene of the injury while they're STILL UNDER effective hostile fire.
What is tactical field care? - answer Care rendered by the first responder or combatant once he and the casualty are no longer under effective hostile fire. Injury has occurred, but there has been no hostile fire.
3 phases of care in TCCC? - answer 1. Care Under Fire
2. Tactical Field Care
3. TACEVAC Care
What makes P-MARCH-P so special? - answer It can be tailored to any environment
and casualty.
First P: - answer Patient/Provider Safety
M - answer Massive Hemorrhage
A - answer Airway
R - answer Respirations
C - answer Circulation
H: - answer Head Trauma/Hypothermia
Second P: - answer Pain Medications
What happens in the first P? - answer Move PT from site, to safety.
What interventions can occur in M? - answer Tourniquets
What interventions can occur in A? - answer • Circkey
• NPA What interventions can occur in R? - answer • Occlusive Dressing
• NeedleD
What interventions can occur in C? - answer • Combat Gauze
What interventions can occur in H? - answer • Blankets • Fluid Resuscitation
What interventions can occur in the SECOND P? - answer • Pain Meds
Where do you apply a TQ if its over a uniform? - answer Proximal to the bleeding site(s). Place high and tight
Best "medicine" on the battlefield? - answer Fire Superiority
** Its not actually considered medicine, but in order to get your PT out you must protect them and yourself first.
What is the MOST FREQ. cause of PREVENTABLE battlefield deaths? - answer Extremity hemorrhage
Only what warrants intervention during care under fire? What do you do to treat this? - answer Life-Threatening bleeding
TQ
How long does it take to bleed to death from an arterial bleed? - answer 3 minutes
What do you do if a distal pulse is present and the bleeding hasn't stopped after applying a TQ? - answer • Consider more tightening
• Apply a second TQ above and side-by-side to the first
When there are no other tactical considerations, what can you then do? - answer C-
Spine stabilization ONLY APPLY if the danger of hostile fire does not constitute a greater threat. AKA, you aren't getting shot at. Tactical Field Care vs Care Under Fire. DO NOT PROVIDE C SPINE IF CARE UNDER FIRE.
What is limited to that carried by the medic/corpsman? - answer Medical Gear
What happens if you're treating a casualty with an altered mental status? - answer DISARM THEM IMMEDIATELY
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