TACTICAL EMERGENCY CASUALTY CARE EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
What are the 3 phases of care - CORRECT ANSWER -1) Direct threat care
2) Indirect threat care
3) Evacuation care
Where does direct threat care occur - CORRECT ANSWER -In the Hot Zone
Where does indirect threat care occur? - CORRECT ANSWER -Warm zone
Where does the evacuation care occur? - CORRECT ANSWER -Cold zone
What areas of the body would prompt you to apply a chest seal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Below
the Clavicle and above the Umbilicus
If you had an injury to the pelvis or to the armpits/shoulder - CORRECT ANSWER -Pack the
wound with hemostatic gauze in the trauma kit
What should be in the portable trauma kit - CORRECT ANSWER -1) 2 chest decomp needles (10
gauge needles)
2) 1 space blanket for hypothermia
3) 1 NPA and surgilube
4) 1 Sof T touriquet
, 5) 1 pressure bandage
6) 1 Celox hemostatic gauze (must ask for shellfish allergy)
7) SWAT-T Tourniquet
8) 2 Chest Seals
How do you pack a wound with gauze? - CORRECT ANSWER -1) open package
2) leave gauze in package, take one end of the gauze and pull it out
3) stuff as much of the gauze into the wound while holding the rest of it in the package
4) Once the wound is packed fully, remove the rest of the gauze from the package, place it on
top of the wound along with the package covering
5) Apply a pressure/israeli dressing over the gauze packing
With israeli bandages, what must you do with the wrapping? - CORRECT ANSWER -Place it
through the clip and then go back the other way to put the pressure on the wound!
How to apply a SWAT-T tourniquet - CORRECT ANSWER -When you see the oval become a circle
or the zigzags become squares, this is indicative of tourniquet pressure
Lay it down over the wound and begin to wrap it while stretching it out
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
What are the 3 phases of care - CORRECT ANSWER -1) Direct threat care
2) Indirect threat care
3) Evacuation care
Where does direct threat care occur - CORRECT ANSWER -In the Hot Zone
Where does indirect threat care occur? - CORRECT ANSWER -Warm zone
Where does the evacuation care occur? - CORRECT ANSWER -Cold zone
What areas of the body would prompt you to apply a chest seal? - CORRECT ANSWER -Below
the Clavicle and above the Umbilicus
If you had an injury to the pelvis or to the armpits/shoulder - CORRECT ANSWER -Pack the
wound with hemostatic gauze in the trauma kit
What should be in the portable trauma kit - CORRECT ANSWER -1) 2 chest decomp needles (10
gauge needles)
2) 1 space blanket for hypothermia
3) 1 NPA and surgilube
4) 1 Sof T touriquet
, 5) 1 pressure bandage
6) 1 Celox hemostatic gauze (must ask for shellfish allergy)
7) SWAT-T Tourniquet
8) 2 Chest Seals
How do you pack a wound with gauze? - CORRECT ANSWER -1) open package
2) leave gauze in package, take one end of the gauze and pull it out
3) stuff as much of the gauze into the wound while holding the rest of it in the package
4) Once the wound is packed fully, remove the rest of the gauze from the package, place it on
top of the wound along with the package covering
5) Apply a pressure/israeli dressing over the gauze packing
With israeli bandages, what must you do with the wrapping? - CORRECT ANSWER -Place it
through the clip and then go back the other way to put the pressure on the wound!
How to apply a SWAT-T tourniquet - CORRECT ANSWER -When you see the oval become a circle
or the zigzags become squares, this is indicative of tourniquet pressure
Lay it down over the wound and begin to wrap it while stretching it out
