Solutions
Three categories of hemorrhage and percent of occurance -
✔✔Extremity 13.5% Junctional 19.2%
Truncal 67.3%
Percent of combat fatalities survivable by early intervention and rapid evacuation -
✔✔24%
The majority of combat related wounds are due to what? - ✔✔Penetrating trauma
What are the tactical indications for spinal immobilization? - ✔✔Motor vehicle crashes,
Falls from greater than 15ft, and IED blast involving a MRAP vehicle.
In a combat environment, CPR should be considered for what non-traumatic disorders? -
✔✔Hypothermia, near-drowning, or electrocution.
This injury is caused by the blast overpressure (or wave) from an explosion. - ✔✔Primary
Blast Injury
This injury is caused by debris or shrapnel from an explosion. - ✔✔Secondary Blast Injury
This injury is caused by a casualty being thrown into a solid object by an explosion. A
form of blunt trauma. - ✔✔Tertiary Blast Injury
Most significant obstacle to the Combat Medic's ability to provide care. - ✔✔Enemy Fire
What are the Warrior Tasks? - ✔✔Open airway by positioning, insertion of an NPA, and
hemorrhage control.
Medications given to casualties in mild to moderate pain - ✔✔Tylenol and Meloxicam
(Mobic)
,Medications and dosages given to casualties in moderate to severe pain who ARE NOT
in, or at risk of developing, shock or respiratory distress - ✔✔Fentanyl 800-micrograms
orally
Morphine- 5mg IV/IO
Medications administered for casualties in moderate to severe pain who are in or at risk
of developing hemorrhagic shock, respiratory distress - ✔✔Ketamine- 50mg IM/IN or
20mg slow IV or IO
This medication should always be available when using opioid analgesics - ✔✔Naloxone
(Narcan)
Medication given for nausea or vomiting - ✔✔Zofran (Ondansetron)
These medications are recommended for all penetrating combat wounds - ✔✔Antobiotics
In what situation would a burn causality receive antibiotics? - ✔✔If they also have
penetrating trauma.
TC3 goals - ✔✔Complete the mission, prevent additional casualties, and treat the
casualty
Phases of TC3 - ✔✔Care Under Fire, Tactical field care, and tactical evacuation care.
Tactical Evacuation includes these types of evacuation - ✔✔CASEVAC and MEDIVAC
These evacuations have no organic capabilities for defense - ✔✔MEDIVAC
This is the system that links the Levels of Care - ✔✔MEDIVAC
What are the Roles of Care? - ✔✔Role 1- the first medical care a soldier receives
, Role 2- organizations operated by the area support squad, medical treatment platoon of
medical companies
Role 3- casualty treated in a MTF
Role 4- medical care is found in CONUS-based hospitals and other safe havens
True or False: battlefield documentation is part of a soldiers official and permanent
medical record -
✔✔True
What is a DD Form 1380? - ✔✔TC3 Card
Where is a DD form 1380 placed after being filled out? - ✔✔On the casualty
Where on a soldier would one find a DD Form 1380? - ✔✔IFAK
When does MEDEVAC begin and end? - ✔✔Begins when medical personnel receive the
casualty and continue as far as the casualty's condition requires.
What casualties are treated first? - ✔✔Casualties in the greatest need.
Precedence categories of a MEDIVAC. - ✔✔Urgent, Urgent-Surgical, Priority, Routine, and
Convenience
Casualties with this/these level(s) of precedence are required to be evacuated within 1
hour. -
✔✔Urgent and Urgent-Surgical
Casualties with this/these level(s) of precedence are required to be evacuated within 4
hours. -
✔✔Priority