TCCC Deployed Med. Exam with all Correct & 100%
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Casualties need to be disarmed after being given (4): ✔Correct Answer-OTFC, IV/IO Fentanyl,
Ketamine, or Midazolam
What is the goal of sedation? ✔Correct Answer-To stop awareness of painful procedures
What is the goal of analgesia? ✔Correct Answer-Reduce pain to a tolerable level while still
protecting airway and mentation
What should you administer and document prior to giving opioids or Ketamine? ✔Correct
Answer-Mental status exam with AVPU method
What 3 things should be monitored closely for casualties given opioids, Ketamine, or
Benzodiazepines? ✔Correct Answer-Airway, breathing, and circulation
Ketamine comes in different concentrations. The higher concentration, ____, is recommended
when using the ____ route to minimize the volume administered _____. ✔Correct Answer-
100 mg/ml, IN, intranasally
What drugs should be available when using opioid analgesics, and in what dosage/route?
✔Correct Answer-Naloxone, 0.4mg IV/IO/IM/IN
What antibiotic is recommended, and in what dose, for a patient who is able to swallow?
✔Correct Answer-Moxifloxacin, 400 mg PO once per day
What antibiotic is recommended, and in what does, for a patient who is UNABLE to swallow?
✔Correct Answer-Ertapenem, 1 g IV/IO/IM once per day
_______ is/are recommended for all open combat wounds. ✔Correct Answer-Antibiotics
Burn patients are particularly susceptible to _____, so emphasis should be placed on ____ ____
prevention methods. ✔Correct Answer-Hypothermia, heat loss
If burns are greater than ____ of body area, ____ should be initiated as soon as IV/IO access is
established. ✔Correct Answer-20%, fluid resuscitation
Fluid resuscitation for burn victims should be initiated with ____ _____, ____ ____, or _____.
✔Correct Answer-Lactated ringers, normal saline, or Hextend
, If Hextend is used for fluid resuscitation, no more than ____ ml should be given, followed by
____ ____ or ____ ____ as needed. ✔Correct Answer-1000, Lactated ringers, normal saline
What must be considered in patients with facial burns? ✔Correct Answer-Possible inhalation
injury
Initial IV/IO fluid rate is calculated as ____ for adults weighing between __ and __. ✔Correct
Answer-%TBSA X 10ml/hr, 40-80kg (about 88-176 lbs.)
When calculating IV/IO fluid rate, for every __kg above 80kg, increase the initial rate by _____.
✔Correct Answer-10kg (about 22 pounds), 100 ml/hr
If hemorrhagic shock is present in a burn victim, resuscitation for _____ ____ takes precedence.
✔Correct Answer-hemorrhagic shock
Consider ____ ____ for burns up to 30% TBSA if the casualty is conscious and able to swallow.
✔Correct Answer-oral fluids
____ are not recommended solely for burns. They may be given if there are penetrating wounds
so they don't become infected. ✔Correct Answer-Antibiotics
Which is considered the more urgent, CASEVAC or MEDEVAC? ✔Correct Answer-CASEVAC.
The goal is to get the casualty to a medical facility within an hour of the incident
What are three major differences between CASEVAC and MEDEVAC? ✔Correct Answer-In
CASEVAC, vehicles are improvised (nonmedical), personnel are improvised (nonmedical), and
the patient is often unstable. In MEDEVAC, vehicles and personnel are medical and the patient is
often stable.
Casualties with torso trauma or polytrauma who have no pulse or respirations during TACEVAC
should have (procedure) _____. ✔Correct Answer-bilateral needle decompressions
performed to ensure they don't have tension pneumothorax
What does TACEVAC refer to? ✔Correct Answer-Tactical evacuation care, the third phase of
TC3. Encompasses both CASEVAC and MEDEVAC
What are the three phases of TC3? ✔Correct Answer-Care under fire, Tactical field care,
tactical evacuation care
What is "polytrauma?" ✔Correct Answer-When a person experiences injuries to multiple
body parts and organ systems, often as a result of a blast
Unilateral pupillary dilation coupled with a decreased level or consciousness may signify
✔Correct Answer-Impending cerebral herniation
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Casualties need to be disarmed after being given (4): ✔Correct Answer-OTFC, IV/IO Fentanyl,
Ketamine, or Midazolam
What is the goal of sedation? ✔Correct Answer-To stop awareness of painful procedures
What is the goal of analgesia? ✔Correct Answer-Reduce pain to a tolerable level while still
protecting airway and mentation
What should you administer and document prior to giving opioids or Ketamine? ✔Correct
Answer-Mental status exam with AVPU method
What 3 things should be monitored closely for casualties given opioids, Ketamine, or
Benzodiazepines? ✔Correct Answer-Airway, breathing, and circulation
Ketamine comes in different concentrations. The higher concentration, ____, is recommended
when using the ____ route to minimize the volume administered _____. ✔Correct Answer-
100 mg/ml, IN, intranasally
What drugs should be available when using opioid analgesics, and in what dosage/route?
✔Correct Answer-Naloxone, 0.4mg IV/IO/IM/IN
What antibiotic is recommended, and in what dose, for a patient who is able to swallow?
✔Correct Answer-Moxifloxacin, 400 mg PO once per day
What antibiotic is recommended, and in what does, for a patient who is UNABLE to swallow?
✔Correct Answer-Ertapenem, 1 g IV/IO/IM once per day
_______ is/are recommended for all open combat wounds. ✔Correct Answer-Antibiotics
Burn patients are particularly susceptible to _____, so emphasis should be placed on ____ ____
prevention methods. ✔Correct Answer-Hypothermia, heat loss
If burns are greater than ____ of body area, ____ should be initiated as soon as IV/IO access is
established. ✔Correct Answer-20%, fluid resuscitation
Fluid resuscitation for burn victims should be initiated with ____ _____, ____ ____, or _____.
✔Correct Answer-Lactated ringers, normal saline, or Hextend
, If Hextend is used for fluid resuscitation, no more than ____ ml should be given, followed by
____ ____ or ____ ____ as needed. ✔Correct Answer-1000, Lactated ringers, normal saline
What must be considered in patients with facial burns? ✔Correct Answer-Possible inhalation
injury
Initial IV/IO fluid rate is calculated as ____ for adults weighing between __ and __. ✔Correct
Answer-%TBSA X 10ml/hr, 40-80kg (about 88-176 lbs.)
When calculating IV/IO fluid rate, for every __kg above 80kg, increase the initial rate by _____.
✔Correct Answer-10kg (about 22 pounds), 100 ml/hr
If hemorrhagic shock is present in a burn victim, resuscitation for _____ ____ takes precedence.
✔Correct Answer-hemorrhagic shock
Consider ____ ____ for burns up to 30% TBSA if the casualty is conscious and able to swallow.
✔Correct Answer-oral fluids
____ are not recommended solely for burns. They may be given if there are penetrating wounds
so they don't become infected. ✔Correct Answer-Antibiotics
Which is considered the more urgent, CASEVAC or MEDEVAC? ✔Correct Answer-CASEVAC.
The goal is to get the casualty to a medical facility within an hour of the incident
What are three major differences between CASEVAC and MEDEVAC? ✔Correct Answer-In
CASEVAC, vehicles are improvised (nonmedical), personnel are improvised (nonmedical), and
the patient is often unstable. In MEDEVAC, vehicles and personnel are medical and the patient is
often stable.
Casualties with torso trauma or polytrauma who have no pulse or respirations during TACEVAC
should have (procedure) _____. ✔Correct Answer-bilateral needle decompressions
performed to ensure they don't have tension pneumothorax
What does TACEVAC refer to? ✔Correct Answer-Tactical evacuation care, the third phase of
TC3. Encompasses both CASEVAC and MEDEVAC
What are the three phases of TC3? ✔Correct Answer-Care under fire, Tactical field care,
tactical evacuation care
What is "polytrauma?" ✔Correct Answer-When a person experiences injuries to multiple
body parts and organ systems, often as a result of a blast
Unilateral pupillary dilation coupled with a decreased level or consciousness may signify
✔Correct Answer-Impending cerebral herniation
