Fmtb - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does TCCC stand for? correct answer: Tactical Combat Casualty Care What committee was established in 2001? correct answer: The Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care What is the purpose of CoTCCC? correct answer: A standing multi-service committee charged with monitoring medical developments in regards to practice, technology, pharmacology and doctrine. Why was TCCC developed? correct answer: To emphasize the need for continued improvement in combat pre-hospital care. Th...

Safety Rule #1 - Treat every weapon as if it were loaded Safety Rule #2 - Never point a weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot Safety Rule #3 - Keep your finger straight and off the trigger until you are ready to fire Safety Rule #4 - Keep the weapon on safe until you intend to fire Condition One - Magazine Inserted, Round in Chamber, Bolt Forward, Safety On, and Ejection Port Closed

What is the mission of the aid station? correct answers The overall mission of the aid station is to be the primary HSS source for a unit. What class are medical supplies? correct answers Class VIII What are the necessary basic support of a T/E? correct answers Tents Vehicles Tools Communication equipment Nuclear, bio and chem (NBC) gear Office equipment and supplies What are the 2 separate missions on an aid station? correct answers Field/Combat Garrison What are the responsib...

Arterial blood characteristics correct answers Bright red blood, spurting Venous blood characteristics correct answers Dark red, steady even flow Capillary blood characteristics correct answers Brick red, oozing External Hemorrhage description correct answers Loss of blood from damage to large vessels of extremities/junctional spaces internal hemorrhage description correct answers Loss of blood from wounds that damage large vessels or organs inside the chest or abdomen Penetrating...

What does SINCGARS (ANPRIC-119A) stand for? correct answer: Single Channel Ground & Airborne Radio Systems What family is the SINCGARS part of? correct answer: VHF-FM combat net radios What is the advantage of Single Channel (SC) Mode? correct answer: 8 Individual single channel frequencies can be selected by operator by flipping a switch. What is the advantage of Frequency Hopping (FH) Mode? correct answer: Reduces enemy's capability to jam your traffic or use direction-finding eq...

When can heat injuries occur? correct answers Heat injuries can occur anywhere at anytime of the year. Hypothalamus correct answers Regulates body temperature from its center. Normal body temperature correct answers 97.6-99.6 F Largest component of the human body? correct answers Body water What percentage of body weight is body water? correct answers 45%-70% Predisposing factors for heat injuries: correct answers Fitness/BMI Age Medical conditions Previous history Skin trau...

E-1 correct answers Private E-2 correct answers Private First class E-3 correct answers Lance Corporal E-4 correct answers Corporal E-5 correct answers Sergeant E-6 correct answers Staff Sergeant E-7 correct answers Gunnery Sergeant E-8(Technical Expert) correct answers Master sergeant E-8(Administrative) correct answers First Sergeant E-9(Technical Expert) correct answers Master Gunnery Sergeant E-9(Administrative) correct answers Sergeant Major Leathernecks cor...

Massive hemorrhage, airway management, respiration, circulation, head/hypothermia, pain management, antibiotics, wounds, splinting correct answers What does M.A.R.C.H. P.A.W.S. stand for? Combat gauze, celox gauze, chitogauze, x-stat correct answers What kinds of hemostatic agents are listed in this lesson? Combat Ready Clamp (CRoC), Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT), Sam Junctional Tourniquet (SJT) correct answers What are the three types of junctional tourniquets? External an...

subjective correct answer: Information gathered from patient such as chief complaint, history of present illness, past medical history, family history, social history, depression, SI/HI Objective correct answer: What you observe about the patient (general appearance, indications of distress, physical findings from exam, vital signs Assessment correct answer: assessment based on all of the information gathered and observed. Credentialed provider makes the diagnosis and there may be more ...