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Which of the following is a principle of TCCC?
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a. Treat the casualty
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b. Prevent additional casualties
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c. Complete the mission
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d. All of the above - ANSWER: ➡ d. All of the above
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three phases of care in TCCC?
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a. Care Under Fire
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b. Tactical Field Care
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c. Tactical Evacuation Care
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d. Combat Life Saving Care - ANSWER: ➡ d. Combat Life Saving Care
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The preferred analgesia regimen for someone who has wounds that are moderately
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painful but not life threatening and that do not keep him from functioning effectively as a
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combatant is: g
a. Morphine IV
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b. Morphine IM
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c. Mobic and Tylenol ER
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d. Aspirin - ANSWER: ➡ c. Mobic and Tylenol ER
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True/False: The most common cause of preventable death on the battlefield is the failure to use
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a tourniquet to control severe extremity bleeding. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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,The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are:
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a. Heart rate and face color
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b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
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c. Rapid heart rate
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d. None of the above - ANSWER: ➡ b. State of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
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True or False: All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible. - ANSWER:
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➡ False
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True or False: A casualty has sustained a gunshot wound to the chest. He/she should be
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allowed to take
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fluids by mouth if able to. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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True or False: Administering large quantities of fluids to a casualty who has bleeding sites
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inside the
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chest or abdomen may worsen his or her hemorrhage by diluting clotting factors or by
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interfering with clot formation at the bleeding site. - ANSWER: ➡ True g g g g g g g g g gg g
True or False: Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open
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wounds. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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Which of the following is NOT appropriate to the Care Under Fire phase?
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a. Starting an IV
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b. Controlling life-threatening extremity bleeding with a tourniquet
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c. Returning fire as necessary
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d. All of the above - ANSWER: ➡ a. Starting an IV
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To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when
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, after wounding? g
a. As soon as possible
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b. Whenever
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c. Within 4 hours
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d. None of the above - ANSWER: ➡ a. As soon as possible
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What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the
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chin-lift/jaw- thrust method to successfully open the airway of a casualty who is g g g g g g g g g g g g
unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase? g g g g g g g g g g
a. Nasopharyngeal airway
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b. Surgical airway
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c. Tracheal intubation
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d. None of the above - ANSWER: ➡ a. Nasopharyngeal airway
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As a corpsman you are confronted with the following three casualties. Which one
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should be cared for first? g g g g
a. Casualty A - shot in the head and unconscious
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b. Casualty B - shot in the abdomen - awake and alert
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c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding from a thigh wound - ANSWER: ➡ c. Casualty C - heavy bleeding
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from a thigh wound
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True or False: The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not necessarily the
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same as for
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the identical injury in a civilian setting. - ANSWER: ➡ True
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True or False: The Tactical Combat Casualty Care guidelines presented in this course should
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not be
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modified no matter what the tactical context in which the casualties occur is. - ANSWER: ➡
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False
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