Combat Life Saver Test Questions With
Correct Answers
Of the deaths that occur during ground combat, about what percent die
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before reaching a medical treatment facility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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90 percent
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Your unit is in ground combat. You see a soldier fall as though he has
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been shot. Your primary duty is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Continue
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firing at the enemy
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You are treating a casualty while under fire. Which of the following can
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you perform before moving the casualty to a place of safety? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apply a tourniquet to control severe bleeding on a limb | | | | | | | | |
Tactical combat casualty care has three phases. List the phases. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Care under fire
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2) Tactical field care
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3) Tactical evacuation care
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,A casualty is being transported to a collection point using a non-medical
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vehicle. Which of the following terms apply? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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CASEVAC
What medical term means bleeding, usually severe? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Hemorrhage
A pad of material placed on the wound to absorb the blood is called the
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----- while the material used to keep the pad from slipping off the
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wound is called the -----. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Dressing
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2) Bandage
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The wrist is ----- to the elbow. The elbow is ----- to the wrist. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1) Distal |
2) Proximal
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Is the combat lifesaver considered to be a medical soldier? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-No
What are the three most common medically preventable causes of
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death on the modern battlefield? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Extremity
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hemorrhage
2) Tension pneumothorax
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3) Airway obstruction
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, Of the three most preventable causes of battlefield death, which results
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in the most deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Extremity hemorrhage
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How does evaluation and treatment of a casualty in a care under fire
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situation differ from secure (tactical field care) situation? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-While under fire you only treat life-threatening bleeding | | | | | | | |
from a limb. Once secure you can start evaluating and working on
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airway, open chest wounds, fractures etc.
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What type of preventable condition do more soldiers die from during
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ground combat before reaching a medical treatment facility? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Bleeding from wounds to the extremities
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Your unit is in ground combat. You see a soldier fall as though he has
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been shot. Your primary duty is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Continue
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firing at the enemy | | |
When performing care under fire, which of the following actions can be
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performed before moving the casualty to a safe location? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apply a tourniquet to control bleeding | | | | |
You and another soldier are in the open and separated when you both
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come under enemy fire. The other soldier is wounded, but is conscious
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Correct Answers
Of the deaths that occur during ground combat, about what percent die
| | | | | | | | | | | |
before reaching a medical treatment facility? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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90 percent
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Your unit is in ground combat. You see a soldier fall as though he has
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
been shot. Your primary duty is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Continue
| | | | | | | | | |
firing at the enemy
| | |
You are treating a casualty while under fire. Which of the following can
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
you perform before moving the casualty to a place of safety? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apply a tourniquet to control severe bleeding on a limb | | | | | | | | |
Tactical combat casualty care has three phases. List the phases. -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Care under fire
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2) Tactical field care
| | |
3) Tactical evacuation care
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,A casualty is being transported to a collection point using a non-medical
| | | | | | | | | | | |
vehicle. Which of the following terms apply? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
CASEVAC
What medical term means bleeding, usually severe? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Hemorrhage
A pad of material placed on the wound to absorb the blood is called the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----- while the material used to keep the pad from slipping off the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
wound is called the -----. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Dressing
| | | | | | | |
2) Bandage
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The wrist is ----- to the elbow. The elbow is ----- to the wrist. - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-1) Distal |
2) Proximal
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Is the combat lifesaver considered to be a medical soldier? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-No
What are the three most common medically preventable causes of
| | | | | | | | | |
death on the modern battlefield? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-1) Extremity
| | | | | | | | |
hemorrhage
2) Tension pneumothorax
| |
3) Airway obstruction
| |
, Of the three most preventable causes of battlefield death, which results
| | | | | | | | | | |
in the most deaths? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Extremity hemorrhage
| | | | | | |
How does evaluation and treatment of a casualty in a care under fire
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
situation differ from secure (tactical field care) situation? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-While under fire you only treat life-threatening bleeding | | | | | | | |
from a limb. Once secure you can start evaluating and working on
| | | | | | | | | | | |
airway, open chest wounds, fractures etc.
| | | | |
What type of preventable condition do more soldiers die from during
| | | | | | | | | | |
ground combat before reaching a medical treatment facility? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Bleeding from wounds to the extremities
| | | | | |
Your unit is in ground combat. You see a soldier fall as though he has
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
been shot. Your primary duty is to: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Continue
| | | | | | | | | |
firing at the enemy | | |
When performing care under fire, which of the following actions can be
| | | | | | | | | | | |
performed before moving the casualty to a safe location? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Apply a tourniquet to control bleeding | | | | |
You and another soldier are in the open and separated when you both
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come under enemy fire. The other soldier is wounded, but is conscious
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