TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are the principles of TCCC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Treat the casualty
-Prevent additional casualties
-Complete the mission
What are the three phases of TCCC? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Care Under Fire
-Tactical Field Care
-Tactical Evacuation Care
Analgesia regimen for someone with moderately painful but non life threatening wounds where they
can still function as combatant is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mobic and Tylenol ER
The most common cause of preventable death on the battlefield is the failure to use a tourniquet to
control severe extremity bleeding. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅State
of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
If able, a GSW to the chest casualty should be allowed to take fluids by mouth. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
, What is appropriate for care under fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Controlling life-threatening
extremity bleeding with a tourniquet
-Returning fire as necessary
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after wounding -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As soon as possible
The next step after opening airway (Jaw thrust/chin lift) of someone unconscious from blast during
Tactical Field Care Phase is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NPA
What is typically cared for first - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heavy bleeding from thigh wound
The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not necessarily the same as for the identical
injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅true
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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
A casualty has suffered a gunshot wound to the chest with more difficulty breathing. The HM should... -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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. HM manages airway by... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Allow him to
continue to sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
What is the best quick check for an adequate airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ask a question that
requires a response from the casualty
Amount of time to bleed to death from a femoral wound/hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3
minutes
Amount of blood associated with death from hemorrhagic shock - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.5 liters
What are the principles of TCCC - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Treat the casualty
-Prevent additional casualties
-Complete the mission
What are the three phases of TCCC? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Care Under Fire
-Tactical Field Care
-Tactical Evacuation Care
Analgesia regimen for someone with moderately painful but non life threatening wounds where they
can still function as combatant is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Mobic and Tylenol ER
The most common cause of preventable death on the battlefield is the failure to use a tourniquet to
control severe extremity bleeding. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
The best battlefield indicators of shock during Tactical Field Care are - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅State
of consciousness and quality of the radial pulse
All combat casualties should have an IV started as soon as possible. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
If able, a GSW to the chest casualty should be allowed to take fluids by mouth. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Antibiotics are recommended for all combat casualties who sustain open wounds - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
, What is appropriate for care under fire - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-Controlling life-threatening
extremity bleeding with a tourniquet
-Returning fire as necessary
To be most effective at preventing infections, moxifloxacin should be given when after wounding -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅As soon as possible
The next step after opening airway (Jaw thrust/chin lift) of someone unconscious from blast during
Tactical Field Care Phase is - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅NPA
What is typically cared for first - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heavy bleeding from thigh wound
The ideal management of a casualty in a combat setting is not necessarily the same as for the identical
injury in a civilian setting. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅true
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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
A casualty has suffered a gunshot wound to the chest with more difficulty breathing. The HM should... -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅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. HM manages airway by... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Allow him to
continue to sit up and lean forward as care is rendered
What is the best quick check for an adequate airway? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Ask a question that
requires a response from the casualty
Amount of time to bleed to death from a femoral wound/hemorrhage - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅3
minutes
Amount of blood associated with death from hemorrhagic shock - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅2.5 liters
