TECC FINAL PAPER QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS
◉ What must be documented with tourniquet use?
Answer: Time of application
◉ What airway maneuver is used for unconscious patients
without obstruction?
Answer: Chin lift or jaw thrust
◉ What airway adjunct can be used in Indirect Threat Care?
Answer: Nasopharyngeal airway
◉ What position helps protect airway in unconscious patients?
Answer: Recovery position
◉ What advanced airway options are available if basic measures
fail?
Answer: Supraglottic airway, cricothyrotomy, intubation
◉ What is the treatment for open chest wounds?
Answer: Occlusive chest seal
, ◉ What condition should be monitored after chest seal
placement?
Answer: Tension pneumothorax
◉ What is the needle size for decompression?
Answer: 14-gauge, 3.25 inch needle
◉ Where can needle decompression be performed?
Answer: 2nd ICS midclavicular or 4-5th ICS anterior axillary
◉ What is the first step for IV access in Indirect Threat Care?
Answer: 18-gauge IV saline lock
◉ What route is used if IV access fails?
Answer: Intraosseous access
◉ When should TXA be administered?
Answer: Within 3 hours for severe bleeding risk
◉ What is the dose of TXA?
Answer: 1 gram IV in 100cc fluid
◉ What are field indicators of shock?
Answer: Altered mental status and weak/absent pulses
SOLUTIONS
◉ What must be documented with tourniquet use?
Answer: Time of application
◉ What airway maneuver is used for unconscious patients
without obstruction?
Answer: Chin lift or jaw thrust
◉ What airway adjunct can be used in Indirect Threat Care?
Answer: Nasopharyngeal airway
◉ What position helps protect airway in unconscious patients?
Answer: Recovery position
◉ What advanced airway options are available if basic measures
fail?
Answer: Supraglottic airway, cricothyrotomy, intubation
◉ What is the treatment for open chest wounds?
Answer: Occlusive chest seal
, ◉ What condition should be monitored after chest seal
placement?
Answer: Tension pneumothorax
◉ What is the needle size for decompression?
Answer: 14-gauge, 3.25 inch needle
◉ Where can needle decompression be performed?
Answer: 2nd ICS midclavicular or 4-5th ICS anterior axillary
◉ What is the first step for IV access in Indirect Threat Care?
Answer: 18-gauge IV saline lock
◉ What route is used if IV access fails?
Answer: Intraosseous access
◉ When should TXA be administered?
Answer: Within 3 hours for severe bleeding risk
◉ What is the dose of TXA?
Answer: 1 gram IV in 100cc fluid
◉ What are field indicators of shock?
Answer: Altered mental status and weak/absent pulses
