FMTB-W BLOCK 2 TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Arterial blood characteristics - Answers -Bright red blood, spurting
Venous blood characteristics - Answers -Dark red, steady even flow
Capillary blood characteristics - Answers -Brick red, oozing
External Hemorrhage description - Answers -Loss of blood from damage to large
vessels of extremities/junctional spaces
internal hemorrhage description - Answers -Loss of blood from wounds that damage
large vessels or organs inside the chest or abdomen
Penetrating wounds - Answers -Gunshot, stab and shrapnel
degloving injuries - Answers -Vehicle accidents, rings
Amputating wounds - Answers -Blasts from artillery, mortars and land mines
signs and symptoms of shock - Answers -Altered mental status in absence of TBI,
weak/absent radial pulse
Life threatening bleeding examples - Answers -Pulsatile, pooling, blood soaked
clothes/bandages, amputation, prior bleeding and casualty is now in shock
Indications of internal hemorrhage - Answers -Bleeding from mouth, rectum and urine
Causes of internal hemorrhage - Answers -Blunt trauma, concussion from blasts,
vehicle accidents, falling from heights and closed fractures
Signs and symptoms of internal hemorrhage and what they mean - Answers -
Hematemesis (vomiting bright red blood)
Hemoptysis (coughing up bright red blood)
Hematochezia (bright red blood from rectum)
Melena (black tarry stools)
Hematuria (blood in urine)
Ecchymosis (bruising)
Rapidly forming hematoma (blood under skin) and edema (swelling)
Rigidity, rebound tenderness of abdomen
junctional tourniquet locations - Answers -Groin (most common)
Buttocks
Perineum
, Axillae
Base of neck
Extremities too proximal for limb tourniquet
Out of the 20% of deaths on the battlefield, what percentage die from massive, multiple
trauma? - Answers -65%
What are indications to use a pelvic binder? - Answers -MOI of severe blunt force or
blast injury with one or more of the following - pelvic pain, any major lower limb
amputation or near amputation, physical exam findings suggestive of pelvic fracture,
shock
What does PMS stand for? - Answers -Pulse (check extremity pulses)
Motor (movement)
Sensation (patient feeling touch such as sharp or dull pain)
types of hemostatic agents - Answers -Combat gauze (first choice for dressing)
Celox gauze
Chito gauze
What is XStat used for? - Answers -Deep, narrow tract junctional wounds
Types of junctional tourniquets - Answers -CRoc (combat ready clamp)
JETT (junctional emergency treatment tool)
SAM
What are the causes of airway compromise? - Answers -Flaccidity (lacking firmness,
affecting the tongue causing obstruction)
Decreased LOC
Mechanical obstruction
Trauma to airway
Allergies
What does LOBBS stand for? - Answers -Lacerations, obstructions, bleeding, broken
teeth, swelling
Sounds signaling upper airway compromise - Answers -Snoring
Gurgling
Stridor
Types of Patient Positions - Answers -Supine (laying flat on back)
Fowlers (90 degrees: high, 45 degrees: standard 30 degrees: semi
Trendelenburg (patient laying down with head aiming towards floor and feet up)
Types of airway adjuncts - Answers -NPA, IGEL and ET tube for Cric
Arterial blood characteristics - Answers -Bright red blood, spurting
Venous blood characteristics - Answers -Dark red, steady even flow
Capillary blood characteristics - Answers -Brick red, oozing
External Hemorrhage description - Answers -Loss of blood from damage to large
vessels of extremities/junctional spaces
internal hemorrhage description - Answers -Loss of blood from wounds that damage
large vessels or organs inside the chest or abdomen
Penetrating wounds - Answers -Gunshot, stab and shrapnel
degloving injuries - Answers -Vehicle accidents, rings
Amputating wounds - Answers -Blasts from artillery, mortars and land mines
signs and symptoms of shock - Answers -Altered mental status in absence of TBI,
weak/absent radial pulse
Life threatening bleeding examples - Answers -Pulsatile, pooling, blood soaked
clothes/bandages, amputation, prior bleeding and casualty is now in shock
Indications of internal hemorrhage - Answers -Bleeding from mouth, rectum and urine
Causes of internal hemorrhage - Answers -Blunt trauma, concussion from blasts,
vehicle accidents, falling from heights and closed fractures
Signs and symptoms of internal hemorrhage and what they mean - Answers -
Hematemesis (vomiting bright red blood)
Hemoptysis (coughing up bright red blood)
Hematochezia (bright red blood from rectum)
Melena (black tarry stools)
Hematuria (blood in urine)
Ecchymosis (bruising)
Rapidly forming hematoma (blood under skin) and edema (swelling)
Rigidity, rebound tenderness of abdomen
junctional tourniquet locations - Answers -Groin (most common)
Buttocks
Perineum
, Axillae
Base of neck
Extremities too proximal for limb tourniquet
Out of the 20% of deaths on the battlefield, what percentage die from massive, multiple
trauma? - Answers -65%
What are indications to use a pelvic binder? - Answers -MOI of severe blunt force or
blast injury with one or more of the following - pelvic pain, any major lower limb
amputation or near amputation, physical exam findings suggestive of pelvic fracture,
shock
What does PMS stand for? - Answers -Pulse (check extremity pulses)
Motor (movement)
Sensation (patient feeling touch such as sharp or dull pain)
types of hemostatic agents - Answers -Combat gauze (first choice for dressing)
Celox gauze
Chito gauze
What is XStat used for? - Answers -Deep, narrow tract junctional wounds
Types of junctional tourniquets - Answers -CRoc (combat ready clamp)
JETT (junctional emergency treatment tool)
SAM
What are the causes of airway compromise? - Answers -Flaccidity (lacking firmness,
affecting the tongue causing obstruction)
Decreased LOC
Mechanical obstruction
Trauma to airway
Allergies
What does LOBBS stand for? - Answers -Lacerations, obstructions, bleeding, broken
teeth, swelling
Sounds signaling upper airway compromise - Answers -Snoring
Gurgling
Stridor
Types of Patient Positions - Answers -Supine (laying flat on back)
Fowlers (90 degrees: high, 45 degrees: standard 30 degrees: semi
Trendelenburg (patient laying down with head aiming towards floor and feet up)
Types of airway adjuncts - Answers -NPA, IGEL and ET tube for Cric
