Combat Lifesaver Course QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Under the third phase of TCCC, describe what Tactical Evacuation Care entitle? correct answer: The care is rendered while the casualty is being evacuated to a collection point or Medical Treatment Facility (MTF). Describe what casualty evacuation(CASEVAC) is? correct answer: Refers to the movement of casualties using non-medical vehicles or aircraft. Is the combat lifesaver allowed to travel with the CASEVAC vehicle or aircraft? correct answer: Yes, the combat lifesaver may travel with the casualty to provide care during transportation. Describe what medical evacuation(MEDEVAC) is? correct answer: Refers to evacuating casualties using medical ground ambulances or medical air ambulances. Does a combat lifesaver need to travel with the MEDEVAC transport? correct answer: No, because medical evacuation vehicles (ground and air) have medical personnel to care for casualties during evacuation. What is a casualty? correct answer: A soldier who is injured. What is a rescuer? correct answer: Referring to another soldier who is attempting to aid the casualty. What is self-aid? correct answer: The care (treatment) that the casualty gives to them self. What is buddy-aid? correct answer: The care (treatment) given by another soldier. What is medical-aid? correct answer: The care (treatment) that is given by medical personnel such as a combat medic (68W). What is a Medical Treatment Facility (MTF)? correct answer: A facility established to provide medical and/or dental care. That is a Battalion Aid Station (BAS)? correct answer: A mobile medical treatment facility close to the front lines. What is a collection point? correct answer: A site to which combat casualties are delivered, usually by non-medical means (CASEVAC), so that casualties are transferred to medical vehicles (ground or air ambulances) and transported to an MTF (MEDEVAC). What is a extremity? correct answer: Refers to one of the four limbs. What do the upper extremities consist of? correct answer: The upper arms and lower arms. What do the lower extremities consist of? correct answer: Upper leg and the lower leg. What is a hemorrhage? correct answer: Hemorrhage is another word for bleeding. It usually refers to serious bleeding. What is a dressing? correct answer: Refers to the material that is placed directly over the wound. The dressing absorbs some of the blood and helps a clot to form. The clot "plugs" the wound to stop the bleeding. The dressing also protects the wound from additional contamination and injury. What is a bandage? correct answer: A bandage is the material used to hold (secure) the dressing in place so the dressing will not slip and destroy the clot that is forming. What are tails? correct answer: The ends of the bandage. What is field dressing? correct answer: The field dressing consists of a pad of sterile (germ-free) white dressing with a bandage (usually olive drab) already attached to the dressing pad. (The field dressing is also called the field first aid dressing and the combat dressing.) What is a emergency bandage? correct answer: A bandage that consists of a sterile white pad with an elastic tail and a pressure device used to apply continuous pressure to the wound. (This bandage is also known as the "emergency trauma dressing," "emergency trauma bandage," "Israeli pressure dressing," and "Israeli bandage.")