TECC question and answers graded A+ 2023/2024

TECCTECC - correct answers Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Active shooter acronym - correct answers C- Catastrophic Hemorrhage A- Airway B-Breathing C-Circulation Causes of death when there's an active shooter - correct answers 1- hemorrhage 2- Tension pneumothorax 3- Airway Obstruction Hemorrhage - correct answers Excessive or profuse bleeding Hemorrhage during TECC - correct answers - Number 1 preventable cause of death 66% of preventable deaths Hemorrhage control methods - correct answers Direct pressure,pressure dressings, hemostatic dressing, tourniquets Who carries tourniquets - correct answers Police officers and medics First line for life threatening arterial bleed - correct answers Tourniquet How long can tourniquets remain in place? - correct answers 8 hours What is used on scene for life threatening hemorrhage - correct answers Tourniquet What are hemostatic agents? - correct answers Impregnated gauze substances applied as powders, dressings, gauze, or bandages to open wounds to stop bleeding When are hemostatic agents used? - correct answers Last resort How are hemostatic agents used? - correct answers Packed into wounds and in places where tourniquets can't reach 33% of battlefield wounds - correct answers Tension pneumothorax tension pneumothorax - correct answers When air is trapped in the pleural cavity (between the lunges and chest wall ) What needle is used for tension pneumothorax? - correct answers 3 in Tension pneumothorax - correct answers Middavicular or midaxillary Midclavicular - correct answers 2nd / 3rd intercostal space Midaxillary - correct answers 5th / 6th intercostal space What are 3 options for airway obstruction - correct answers Nasal, oral, recovery position What is the most common fatal injury - correct answers Blast lung How delayed can blast lung happen? - correct answers 48 hours Dyspnea - correct answers difficult or labored breathing