Field Craft 1 Combat Medic Questions With Complete Solutions

Majority of combat fatalities are ____ correct answer: non-survivable What is the percentage of deaths from potentially survivable wounds? correct answer: 24.3% died from potentially survivable wounds Out of 24.3% potentially survivable deaths, 90% of potentially survivable deaths were due to___ correct answer: Hemorrhage Hemorrhage is broken down into three categories: correct answer: Extremity hemorrhage (13.5%) Junctional hemorrhage (19.2%) and Truncal hemorrhage (67.3%) What are tactical indications for spinal immobilization? correct answer: Motor vehicle crashes, falls greater than 15 feet, and IED blasts involving a MRAP vehicle. In a combat environment, when should CPR be considered? correct answer: Non-traumatic disorders such as hypothermia, near-drowning, electrocution, or if casualty was alive and lost vital signs while en route to a MTF When coming upon penetrating trauma, what must you consider? correct answer: The path is unpredictable, and may have exit wounds What makes up a Primary Blast Injury? correct answer: blast wave damages hollow organs, such as lungs, colon, stomach and TM What makes up a Secondary Blast Injury? correct answer: Debris or shrapnel from an explosion What makes up a Tertiary Blast Injury? correct answer: Blunt force trauma what is true about Inhalation Burns? correct answ