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