FMTB-W BLOCK 3: TCCC TACTICAL TRAUMA
ASSESSMENT|EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
What is TTA? - ANSWER- Tactical Trauma Assessment - standardized approach for
assessing a combat casualty and allows responders to work together without mistakes
Cases of altered mental status - ANSWER- Traumatic brain injury, hypoxemia,
hypovolemia / shock, and hypothermia
How to assess responsiveness? - ANSWER- AVPU
Alert
Verbal stimuli
Painful stimuli
Unresponsive
What is typically the first clue that a casualty may have altered mental status? - ANSWER-
The mechanism of injury
What should you do is a causality has an altered mental status? - ANSWER- Disarm
them and take any communication systems
What should you do when communicating with a patient? - ANSWER- Encourage,
reassurance, and explain
Key principles throughout TTA - ANSWER- Communication and documentation
MIST Report - ANSWER- Mechanism of injuries
Injuries
ASSESSMENT|EXAM QUESTIONS AND 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS|LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026
What is TTA? - ANSWER- Tactical Trauma Assessment - standardized approach for
assessing a combat casualty and allows responders to work together without mistakes
Cases of altered mental status - ANSWER- Traumatic brain injury, hypoxemia,
hypovolemia / shock, and hypothermia
How to assess responsiveness? - ANSWER- AVPU
Alert
Verbal stimuli
Painful stimuli
Unresponsive
What is typically the first clue that a casualty may have altered mental status? - ANSWER-
The mechanism of injury
What should you do is a causality has an altered mental status? - ANSWER- Disarm
them and take any communication systems
What should you do when communicating with a patient? - ANSWER- Encourage,
reassurance, and explain
Key principles throughout TTA - ANSWER- Communication and documentation
MIST Report - ANSWER- Mechanism of injuries
Injuries