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CLS TCCC Questions and Correct
Answers
Question: What are factors that influence TCCC?
Answer: Hostile fire
Wounding patterns
Equipment constraints
Delays in reaching higher levels of care
Level of first responder training and experience
Question: What are the phases of care in TCCC?
Answer: Care under Fire (CUF)
Tactical Field Care (TFC)
Tactical Evacuation Care (TACEVAC)
Question: What is the most essential treatment task in Care Under Fire?
Answer: • Tourniquet (TQ) application to stop massive bleeding
Question: What is every first responder's role in Care Under Fire?
Answer: To treat the most immediate life-threatening injuries with TQ
application on the battlefield
Question: What does MARCH PAWS stand for?
Answer: M - Massive Bleeding (Hemorrhage)
A - Airway
R - Respiration
C - Circulation
H - Hypothermia/Head Injuries
P-Pain
A - Antibiotics
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W - Wounds
S - Splints
Question: When providing "buddy aid," should you use your JFAK or the
casualty's JFAK?
Answer: • The casualty's JFAK
Question: What is the most important life-saving item in the JFAK?
Answer: Tourniquet
Question: When should medications and medical-grade equipment be
replaced in the JFAK?
Answer: All medications and medical-grade items should be replaced if
expired or the expiration date is
before your expected deployment timeframe.
Items such as tourniquets do not have an expiration date, but the device
may have been replaced by a new generation of the device with
improvements. You should seek to replace with newer-generation items, if
possible.
Question: What is Care Under Fire?
Answer: Care Under Fire is the care given by the first responder at the
scene of the injury while they and the casualty are still under effective
hostile fire or near the threat. Available medical equipment is limited to
that carried in the individual Service member's JFAK.
Question: What are the signs of life-threatening bleeding?
Answer: - Bright red blood is pooling on the ground- The overlying clothes
are soaked with blood- There is a traumatic AMPUTATION of an arm or
leg- There is pulsatile (pulsing) or steady bleeding from the wound
Question: How long does it take to bleed to death from a complete
femoral artery and vein disruption?
Answer: 3 minutes
Pretest - Stuvia US
CLS TCCC Questions and Correct
Answers
Question: What are factors that influence TCCC?
Answer: Hostile fire
Wounding patterns
Equipment constraints
Delays in reaching higher levels of care
Level of first responder training and experience
Question: What are the phases of care in TCCC?
Answer: Care under Fire (CUF)
Tactical Field Care (TFC)
Tactical Evacuation Care (TACEVAC)
Question: What is the most essential treatment task in Care Under Fire?
Answer: • Tourniquet (TQ) application to stop massive bleeding
Question: What is every first responder's role in Care Under Fire?
Answer: To treat the most immediate life-threatening injuries with TQ
application on the battlefield
Question: What does MARCH PAWS stand for?
Answer: M - Massive Bleeding (Hemorrhage)
A - Airway
R - Respiration
C - Circulation
H - Hypothermia/Head Injuries
P-Pain
A - Antibiotics
Pretest - Stuvia US
, 2
W - Wounds
S - Splints
Question: When providing "buddy aid," should you use your JFAK or the
casualty's JFAK?
Answer: • The casualty's JFAK
Question: What is the most important life-saving item in the JFAK?
Answer: Tourniquet
Question: When should medications and medical-grade equipment be
replaced in the JFAK?
Answer: All medications and medical-grade items should be replaced if
expired or the expiration date is
before your expected deployment timeframe.
Items such as tourniquets do not have an expiration date, but the device
may have been replaced by a new generation of the device with
improvements. You should seek to replace with newer-generation items, if
possible.
Question: What is Care Under Fire?
Answer: Care Under Fire is the care given by the first responder at the
scene of the injury while they and the casualty are still under effective
hostile fire or near the threat. Available medical equipment is limited to
that carried in the individual Service member's JFAK.
Question: What are the signs of life-threatening bleeding?
Answer: - Bright red blood is pooling on the ground- The overlying clothes
are soaked with blood- There is a traumatic AMPUTATION of an arm or
leg- There is pulsatile (pulsing) or steady bleeding from the wound
Question: How long does it take to bleed to death from a complete
femoral artery and vein disruption?
Answer: 3 minutes
Pretest - Stuvia US
