TECC STUDY GUIDE 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ What is the leading cause of preventable combat death? Answer:
Extremity hemorrhage
◉ What is the recommended treatment for life-threatening extremity
hemorrhage during Care Under Fire? Answer: Tourniquet application
high and tight
◉ Where should tourniquets be applied during Care Under Fire?
Answer: High on the injured limb, above the wound
◉ How should an unconscious, breathing casualty be positioned in Care
Under Fire? Answer: In the recovery position
◉ What should airway management during Care Under Fire generally
include? Answer: Generally be deferred unless easily correctable
◉ What is the time goal for tourniquet application in Care Under Fire?
Answer: As soon as tactically feasible
◉ What should casualties who can fight be encouraged to do? Answer:
Encouraged to return fire and remain engaged
,◉ What is the greatest threat to casualty and rescuer during Care Under
Fire? Answer: Hostile enemy fire
◉ When should analgesia be administered during Care Under Fire?
Answer: Generally be deferred to Tactical Field Care
◉ When should a casualty be moved to cover? Answer: As soon as
tactically feasible
◉ What does self-aid and buddy-aid during Care Under Fire include?
Answer: Tourniquet application and basic hemorrhage control
◉ When does Tactical Field Care begin? Answer: You are no longer
under effective hostile fire
◉ What is the correct order of treatment priorities in the MARCH
algorithm? Answer: Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Circulation,
Respiration, Hypothermia
◉ When should tourniquet conversion to hemostatic or pressure dressing
be considered? Answer: Only if bleeding controlled and
resources/monitoring available
◉ What is the preferred initial airway intervention for an unconscious
casualty? Answer: Oropharyngeal airway
, ◉ What are signs of tension pneumothorax? Answer: Progressive
respiratory distress, Decreased or absent breath sounds on affected side,
Tracheal deviation toward the affected side
◉ Where should needle decompression for tension pneumothorax be
performed? Answer: 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line
◉ What should you do after performing needle decompression? Answer:
Leave catheter in place and monitor
◉ How long should hemostatic dressings be packed into wounds with
direct pressure applied? Answer: At least 3 minutes
◉ What hemostatic agent does Combat Gauze contain? Answer: Not
specified in the provided text
◉ What is QuikClot powder used for? Answer: Hemostasis in bleeding
control.
◉ What is kaolin? Answer: A hemostatic agent.
◉ What is chitosan? Answer: A hemostatic agent.
◉ What is thrombin? Answer: A protein involved in blood coagulation.
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
◉ What is the leading cause of preventable combat death? Answer:
Extremity hemorrhage
◉ What is the recommended treatment for life-threatening extremity
hemorrhage during Care Under Fire? Answer: Tourniquet application
high and tight
◉ Where should tourniquets be applied during Care Under Fire?
Answer: High on the injured limb, above the wound
◉ How should an unconscious, breathing casualty be positioned in Care
Under Fire? Answer: In the recovery position
◉ What should airway management during Care Under Fire generally
include? Answer: Generally be deferred unless easily correctable
◉ What is the time goal for tourniquet application in Care Under Fire?
Answer: As soon as tactically feasible
◉ What should casualties who can fight be encouraged to do? Answer:
Encouraged to return fire and remain engaged
,◉ What is the greatest threat to casualty and rescuer during Care Under
Fire? Answer: Hostile enemy fire
◉ When should analgesia be administered during Care Under Fire?
Answer: Generally be deferred to Tactical Field Care
◉ When should a casualty be moved to cover? Answer: As soon as
tactically feasible
◉ What does self-aid and buddy-aid during Care Under Fire include?
Answer: Tourniquet application and basic hemorrhage control
◉ When does Tactical Field Care begin? Answer: You are no longer
under effective hostile fire
◉ What is the correct order of treatment priorities in the MARCH
algorithm? Answer: Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Circulation,
Respiration, Hypothermia
◉ When should tourniquet conversion to hemostatic or pressure dressing
be considered? Answer: Only if bleeding controlled and
resources/monitoring available
◉ What is the preferred initial airway intervention for an unconscious
casualty? Answer: Oropharyngeal airway
, ◉ What are signs of tension pneumothorax? Answer: Progressive
respiratory distress, Decreased or absent breath sounds on affected side,
Tracheal deviation toward the affected side
◉ Where should needle decompression for tension pneumothorax be
performed? Answer: 2nd intercostal space, midclavicular line
◉ What should you do after performing needle decompression? Answer:
Leave catheter in place and monitor
◉ How long should hemostatic dressings be packed into wounds with
direct pressure applied? Answer: At least 3 minutes
◉ What hemostatic agent does Combat Gauze contain? Answer: Not
specified in the provided text
◉ What is QuikClot powder used for? Answer: Hemostasis in bleeding
control.
◉ What is kaolin? Answer: A hemostatic agent.
◉ What is chitosan? Answer: A hemostatic agent.
◉ What is thrombin? Answer: A protein involved in blood coagulation.
