Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+ 2025|2026 UPDATE

Prior to 9/11, what was combat medical training modeled on? correct answer: Emergency Medical Technician and Advanced Trauma Life Support What often causes a junctional hemorrhage? correct answer: IEDs tension pneumothorax correct answer: Air escapes from the injured lung and pressure builds up in the chest which collapses the lung and pushes on the heart. The compressed heart is then not able to pump well. What is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield? correct answer: hemorrhagic shock What is the second leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield? correct answer: tension pneumothorax What are the three objectives of TCCC? correct answer: 1. Treat the casualty 2. Prevent additional casualties 3. Complete the missionWhat does the prehospital arm of the Joint Trauma System include? correct answer: 42 members from all services in DoD and civilian sector; trauma surgeons, emergency medicine, critical care physicians, combatant unit physicians, medical educators, combat medics, corpsmen, PJs; 100% deployed experience as of 2017 What is the "Triple Option" for battlefield analgesia? correct answer: PO meds, OTFC, ketamine How was TCCC used early in the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts? correct answer: It was not widely used at the start of the wars, but increased in use by both Special Operations and conventional units beginning in 2005. Up to how many combat deaths today are potentially preventable? correct answer: 24% What are the three phases of care in TCCC? correct answer: Care Under Fire (CUF), Tactical Field Care (TFC), TACEVAC Care Where is the limb tourniquet placed? correct answer: Over the uniform clearly proximal (2-3 inches) to the bleeding site, but if it is not obvious, place the tourniquet "high and tight" (as proximal as possible) on the injured limb. During which phase should airway management be performed? correct answer: Tactical Field Care phase