CLS TCCC Questions with Detailed Verified Answers

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CLS TCCC Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers

Q: What are factors that influence TCCC?

Ans: Hostile fire

Wounding patterns

Equipment constraints

Delays in reaching higher levels of care

Level of first responder training and experience

Question: What are the phases of care in TCCC?

Ans: Care under Fire (CUF)

Tactical Field Care (TFC)

Tactical Evacuation Care (TACEVAC)

Question: What is the most essential treatment task in Care Under Fire?

Ans: • Tourniquet (TQ) application to stop massive bleeding

Question: What is every first responder's role in Care Under Fire?

Ans: To treat the most immediate life-threatening injuries with TQ
application on the battlefield

Question: What does MARCH PAWS stand for?

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Ans: M - Massive Bleeding (Hemorrhage)

A - Airway

R - Respiration

C - Circulation

H - Hypothermia/Head Injuries

P-Pain

A - Antibiotics

W - Wounds

S - Splints

Question: When providing "buddy aid," should you use your JFAK or the
casualty's JFAK?

Ans: • The casualty's JFAK

Question: What is the most important life-saving item in the JFAK?

Ans: Tourniquet

Question: When should medications and medical-grade equipment be
replaced in the JFAK?

Ans: All medications and medical-grade items should be replaced if expired or
the expiration date is

before your expected deployment timeframe.

Items such as tourniquets do not have an expiration date, but the device may
have been replaced by a new generation of the device with improvements.
You should seek to replace with newer-generation items, if possible.

Question: What is Care Under Fire?