HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
P-MARCH-P - (answer) Patient/Provider Safety
Massive Hemorrhage
Airway
Respirations
Circulation
Head Trauma/Hypothermia
Pain Management
What is the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield deaths? - (answer) Extremity hemorrhage
How long does it take to bleed to death from an arterial bleed? - (answer) 3 min
What is the first thing you do to a casualty with an altered mental status? - (answer) Disarm them
Failure rate for battlefield cricothyroidotomy? - (answer) 33%
What size gauge/needle do you use for needle decompression? - (answer) 14 gauge, 3.25 in
Which 3 sites can you do a needle decompression? - (answer) 2nd intercostal space or 4th & 5th
intercostal space
It takes a hole in the chest at least the size of a nickel or bigger for this to occur. - (answer) Sucking
chest wound / Open Pneumothorax
, HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
How long do you put pressure on a wound after applying a hemostatic dressing? - (answer) 3 min
When do you use C-Spine stabilization on the battlefield? - (answer) Blunt trauma
(Unless under enemy fire)
What is XSTAT 30? - (answer) Hemostatic device for the control of severe, life threatening bleeding
from junctional wounds in the groin, axilla, etc. (Not amendable to tourniquet application)
What size needle do you use while administering an IV? - (answer) 18 Gauge
What determines if a casualty needs an IV? - (answer) HAS or is at RISK of hemorrhagic shock, gunshot
wound to the chest, needs medications but cannot take them orally.
What do you flush, and how much do you flush a saline lock with, and when will you repeat it to keep it
open? - (answer) 5cc NS (Normal Saline), Every 1-2 hours.
What does TXA stand for? - (answer) Tranexamic Acid
If casualty is anticipated to need a significant blood transfusion, what drug do you administer? -
(answer) Tranexamic Acid (TXA)
How much TXA do you administer and in how much saline? - (answer) 1 gram of TXA w/ 100 cc Normal
saline
When can you not administer TXA? - (answer) NOT later than 3 hours after injury
How many mL of Hextend do you administer after TXA? - (answer) 500mL
How long do you wait before you can administer TXA + Hextend again? - (answer) 30 min
ANSWERS
P-MARCH-P - (answer) Patient/Provider Safety
Massive Hemorrhage
Airway
Respirations
Circulation
Head Trauma/Hypothermia
Pain Management
What is the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield deaths? - (answer) Extremity hemorrhage
How long does it take to bleed to death from an arterial bleed? - (answer) 3 min
What is the first thing you do to a casualty with an altered mental status? - (answer) Disarm them
Failure rate for battlefield cricothyroidotomy? - (answer) 33%
What size gauge/needle do you use for needle decompression? - (answer) 14 gauge, 3.25 in
Which 3 sites can you do a needle decompression? - (answer) 2nd intercostal space or 4th & 5th
intercostal space
It takes a hole in the chest at least the size of a nickel or bigger for this to occur. - (answer) Sucking
chest wound / Open Pneumothorax
, HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
How long do you put pressure on a wound after applying a hemostatic dressing? - (answer) 3 min
When do you use C-Spine stabilization on the battlefield? - (answer) Blunt trauma
(Unless under enemy fire)
What is XSTAT 30? - (answer) Hemostatic device for the control of severe, life threatening bleeding
from junctional wounds in the groin, axilla, etc. (Not amendable to tourniquet application)
What size needle do you use while administering an IV? - (answer) 18 Gauge
What determines if a casualty needs an IV? - (answer) HAS or is at RISK of hemorrhagic shock, gunshot
wound to the chest, needs medications but cannot take them orally.
What do you flush, and how much do you flush a saline lock with, and when will you repeat it to keep it
open? - (answer) 5cc NS (Normal Saline), Every 1-2 hours.
What does TXA stand for? - (answer) Tranexamic Acid
If casualty is anticipated to need a significant blood transfusion, what drug do you administer? -
(answer) Tranexamic Acid (TXA)
How much TXA do you administer and in how much saline? - (answer) 1 gram of TXA w/ 100 cc Normal
saline
When can you not administer TXA? - (answer) NOT later than 3 hours after injury
How many mL of Hextend do you administer after TXA? - (answer) 500mL
How long do you wait before you can administer TXA + Hextend again? - (answer) 30 min
