ANNEX B FMTB QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Types of hemorrhage - Answers -external & internal
External Hemorrhage - Answers -Loss of blood from wounds that damage the large
vessels of the extremities
Internal hemorrhage - Answers -loss of blood from wounds that damage the large
vessels or organs inside chest or abdomen
20% of injured combatants die on the battlefield - Answers -true
Major external arteries - Answers -carotid, femoral, brachial
Major internal arteries - Answers -descending aorta, iliac
Arterial bleed - Answers -bright red; spurting
Venous bleed - Answers -dark red; steady flow
Capillary bleed - Answers -brick red; oozing
External Hemorrhage causes - Answers -penetrating, degloving, amputating wounds
Internal hemorrhage causes - Answers -concussion from blast, blunt force, vehicle
accidents, falls
External hemorrhage signs/symptoms - Answers -massive blood loss, blood pool,
active hemorrhage
Internal hemorrhage signs/symptoms - Answers -hematemesis, hemoptysis, melena,
hematochezia, hematuria
Signs of battlefield shock - Answers -altered mental status, weak/absent radial pulse
Hemostatic agents - Answers -combat, celox, chito gauzes
Most common junctional hemorrhage - Answers -Groin hemorrhage
Most commonly used junctional TQ's - Answers -croc, sjt, jett
Combat ready clamp, sam junctional tq, junctional emergency treatment tool
, External openings of nasal cavity - Answers -nares
Nasal septum - Answers -separates left/right airways
Pharynx - Answers -divided into naso/oro/hypo pharynx
Epiglottis - Answers -leaf-shaped structure that acts like a gate
Larynx - Answers -contains vocal cords & muscles that make them work
Upper airway - Answers -nasal/oral cavity
Lower airway - Answers -trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Cause of compromised airway - Answers -decreased neurological function, mechanical
obstruction, tongue flaccidity, decreased LOC
Mechanical obtructions - Answers -teeth, gum, chewing, tobacco, blood, vomit, glass,
rock, debris
Two methods to open airway - Answers -trauma jaw thrust, trauma chin lift
Two sizes of NPA in corpsman assault pack - Answers -6.5mm & 5.5mm
Second most common cause of preventable death in OIF/OEF - Answers -upper airway
obstruction
Thorax - Answers -made up of sternum, costal cartilage, ribs, vertabrae
Diaphragm - Answers -primary muscle of respiration, inferior border of chest cavity
External intercostals - Answers -quiet/ forced inhalation
Internal intercostals - Answers -forced expiration
Pleura - Answers -thin membranes separated by small amount of fluid
Parietal pleura - Answers -lines inner portion of thoracic cavity
Visceral pleura - Answers -lines outer surface of lungs
Left lung - Answers -2 lobes
Right lung - Answers -3 lobes; larger than left
Alveoli - Answers -smallest component of lungs; where co2 & o2 exchange takes place
Types of hemorrhage - Answers -external & internal
External Hemorrhage - Answers -Loss of blood from wounds that damage the large
vessels of the extremities
Internal hemorrhage - Answers -loss of blood from wounds that damage the large
vessels or organs inside chest or abdomen
20% of injured combatants die on the battlefield - Answers -true
Major external arteries - Answers -carotid, femoral, brachial
Major internal arteries - Answers -descending aorta, iliac
Arterial bleed - Answers -bright red; spurting
Venous bleed - Answers -dark red; steady flow
Capillary bleed - Answers -brick red; oozing
External Hemorrhage causes - Answers -penetrating, degloving, amputating wounds
Internal hemorrhage causes - Answers -concussion from blast, blunt force, vehicle
accidents, falls
External hemorrhage signs/symptoms - Answers -massive blood loss, blood pool,
active hemorrhage
Internal hemorrhage signs/symptoms - Answers -hematemesis, hemoptysis, melena,
hematochezia, hematuria
Signs of battlefield shock - Answers -altered mental status, weak/absent radial pulse
Hemostatic agents - Answers -combat, celox, chito gauzes
Most common junctional hemorrhage - Answers -Groin hemorrhage
Most commonly used junctional TQ's - Answers -croc, sjt, jett
Combat ready clamp, sam junctional tq, junctional emergency treatment tool
, External openings of nasal cavity - Answers -nares
Nasal septum - Answers -separates left/right airways
Pharynx - Answers -divided into naso/oro/hypo pharynx
Epiglottis - Answers -leaf-shaped structure that acts like a gate
Larynx - Answers -contains vocal cords & muscles that make them work
Upper airway - Answers -nasal/oral cavity
Lower airway - Answers -trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
Cause of compromised airway - Answers -decreased neurological function, mechanical
obstruction, tongue flaccidity, decreased LOC
Mechanical obtructions - Answers -teeth, gum, chewing, tobacco, blood, vomit, glass,
rock, debris
Two methods to open airway - Answers -trauma jaw thrust, trauma chin lift
Two sizes of NPA in corpsman assault pack - Answers -6.5mm & 5.5mm
Second most common cause of preventable death in OIF/OEF - Answers -upper airway
obstruction
Thorax - Answers -made up of sternum, costal cartilage, ribs, vertabrae
Diaphragm - Answers -primary muscle of respiration, inferior border of chest cavity
External intercostals - Answers -quiet/ forced inhalation
Internal intercostals - Answers -forced expiration
Pleura - Answers -thin membranes separated by small amount of fluid
Parietal pleura - Answers -lines inner portion of thoracic cavity
Visceral pleura - Answers -lines outer surface of lungs
Left lung - Answers -2 lobes
Right lung - Answers -3 lobes; larger than left
Alveoli - Answers -smallest component of lungs; where co2 & o2 exchange takes place
