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Fieldcraft 1: Questions With Solutions (Accurate & Detailed)ATLS Right Ans - Advanced trauma life support
TCCC Right Ans - Tactical Combat Casualty Care
1.Care Under Fire
2.Tactical Field Care
3.Tactical Evacuation
Where are 60% of wounds? Right Ans - Extremities
Where are 25% of wounds? Right Ans - Head and neck region
Where are 9% of wounds? Right Ans - Torso
What are the 3 leading causes of preventable death on the battle field? Right Ans - 1. Hemorrhage-90%
2.Tension pneumothorax-2%
3.Airway obstruction-8%
What percent of combat fatalities survivable by early intervention with Combat medic tasks? Right Ans - 24%
Significant MOI Right Ans - Ballistic and blast injuries
Tertiary blast Injury Right Ans - When casualty is blown into a solid object such as a wall or a vehicle and suffers blunt trauma.
Greatest concern in the field is... Right Ans - Airway edema
Primary blast injury Right Ans - Caused by the overpressure (wave) of the explosion
secondary blast injury Right Ans - caused by debris or shrapnel from an explosive
Who determines if evacuation is a priority? Right Ans - Tactical leader Most significant obstacle to the combat medic's ability to provide care: Right Ans - Enemy fire
What is the X Right Ans - Where the casualty was wounded
All nonmedical personal will be trained on Right Ans - combat life saver (CLS) tasks
What do Combat life savers know? Right Ans - Open airway
apply occlusive dressing and needle decompression
use of hemostatic agents
CANNOT INITIATE IVs!
All soldiers carry a .... to increase chances of surviving Right Ans - IFAK (individual first aid kit)
WALK Right Ans - warrior aid & litter kit. stored on several vehicles and heavy
Option 3: (Moderate to severe pain Casualty IS in respiratory distress or shock
or WILL develop these conditions!) Right Ans - Ketamine - 50mg IM/IN (repeat doses q30min as needed)
Ketamine - 30mg slow IV/IO (repeat doses q20min as needed)
Zofran (ondansetron) Right Ans - 4-8mg IV/IM/IO every 8 hours. may be given as needed for nausea/vomiting
who should antibiotics be given to on the battlefield? Right Ans - Any patient with a penetrating combat wound.
When is it a good time to know your units allergies? Right Ans - Pre-
deployment
Tactical personal protective equipment Right Ans - -Interceptor body armor (IBA)
Improved outer tactical vest (IOTV)
Outer tactical vest (OTV)
-Deltoid and axillary protective system (DAPS) -Small arms protective inserts (SAPI plates)
-Advanced combat helmets (ACH)
-Gloves
Leather gloves offer some protection
Nomex gloves provide additional protection against fire
-Army combat shirt (ACS)
Offers fire resistance
-Ballistic eye protection (Eye pro)
-Combat earplugs (Ear pro)
-Pelvic protective system (PPS)
Care under fire phase Right Ans - The care rendered by the combat medic at the scene of the injury while he and the casualty are still under fire.
return fire and direct the casualty
treat massive hemorrhaging with hasty tourniquet
Tactical field care phase Right Ans - Care rendered by the combat medic once he and the casualty are no longer under effective hostile fire or there has been no hostile fire although treatment is still in a combat environment.
complete MARCH with given supplies:
IFAK, medics aid bag, WALK.
treating for preventable causes of death and disability
continuously monitor casualty
Tactical evacuation care phase Right Ans - Rendered once casualty has been picked up by an aircraft, vehicle, or boat.
tactical commander may direct use of vehicles of opportunity as needed for combat "load and go's" (CASEVAC)
Additional supplies and personnel may be present when pre-staged on evac vehicle.
MARCH Right Ans - Massive hemorrhage
Airway
Respiration
Circulation
Head injury/Hypothermia
MEDEVAC Right Ans - Medical evacuation of a patient by helicopter.
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