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68W Field Craft 1 Study Guide Exam Question And Answers 2025
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What % of combat fatalities are survivable by early intervention and transportation to a hospital? - correct answers ✅24.3% What is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield? - correct answers ✅Hemorrhage What % of head/neck injuries require immobilization? - correct answers ✅1.4% When would you consider spinal precautions for a combat causality? - correct answers ✅1.) MVA 2.) 15+ foot falls 3.) IED blast involving a MRAP (Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected) vehicle When would you provide CPR in a combat environment? - correct answers ✅1.) Hypothermia 2.) Near Drowning 3.) Electrocution
4.) Was alive and lost vitals while en route to MTF What are primary blast injuries and what type of injuries would you expect to find? - correct answers ✅Caused by blast pressure. (Most effective in a closed environment). Damage to Hallow Organs -Blast Lung: Pulmonary Hemorrhage w/ Hypoxia -Ruptured Colon: Hemorrhage w/ fecal contamination -Stomach: Gastric Hemorrhage w/ shock
-20 mg IV (check every 20 minutes) Alternative option to OTFC - correct answers ✅Morphine 5 mg w/ 5cc of solution IV/IO Check every 10 minutes (can repeat same dose) What two analgesics have the potential to worsen severe TBI (Traumatic brain injury)? - correct answers ✅Ketamine and OTFC (Do NOT use these for eye injuries) What are the goals of TC3 - correct answers ✅1.) Complete the mission 2.) prevent additional casualties 3.) treat the casualty What is Care Under Fire? What are your treatment options? - correct answers ✅Caring under enemy fire.
Use a High and Tight tourniquet. Use IFAK/ JFAK What is Tactical Field Care? What are your treatment options? - correct answers ✅No longer under fire. Use Aid bag and WALK bag What is Tactical Evacuation Care? - correct answers ✅When Pt is picked up What are the four traits of a MEDEVAC? - correct answers ✅1.) Collecting Wounded 2.) Triage 3.) Transportation 4.) Preforming Interventions Difference between CASEVAC and MEDEVAC? - correct answers ✅Non Medical Vehicle and a Medical Vehicle
What are the four categories of patient precedence and their time requirements? - correct answers ✅1.) Urgent/ Urgent- Surgical- 1 Hour 2.) Priority- 4 Hours 3.) Routine- 24 Hours 4.) Convenience- Convenience Who is responsible for getting a casualty to the MEDEVAC site?
What are the brevity codes for Line 3? - correct answers ✅A= Urgent B= Urgent-Surg C= Priority D= Routine E= Convenience What are the brevity codes for Line 4? - correct answers ✅A= None B= Hoist C= Extraction Equipment D= Ventilator What are the brevity codes for Line 6? - correct answers ✅N= No enemy troops in area P= Possible enemy troops in area X= Enemy troops in area
What are the brevity codes for Line 9? - correct answers ✅N= Nuclear B= Biological C= Chemical When requesting a MEDEVAC, with what opening statement should you begin your transmission? - correct answers ✅"I have a MEDEVAC request, over" What are the two themes of rescue and what do each entail? - correct answers ✅1.) Simple (no obstacles) 2.) Complex (obstacles) What must a rescuer do to gain leverage when moving a causility? - correct answers ✅Lean forward How are casualties loaded into ground ambulances? UH- Blackhawk? - correct answers ✅So that their head is forward
What are the advantages to using a SKED litter? - correct answers ✅1.) Reduces surface area on ground 2.) Helicopter Prefrence When moving a casualty, what muscles should you use primarily in order to avoid injury? - correct answers ✅Leg Muscles What is a Substantial/ Anchor? - correct answers ✅? How should a casualty be carried on a litter? When should you not? - correct answers ✅Feet first. Unless when going uphill. What are the three different manual carries you can preform to move a casualty and what is the distance range for each? - correct answers ✅1.) Drag: <50 Meters 2.) Pack-Strap Carry: 50-300 Meters 3.) Two-Man Fore-and-Aft Carry: 300+ Meters
1.) Less likely to experience nausea 2.) Experience less noise 3.) Less danger of further injury in a rear collision What is the loading sequence for four litter casualties? - correct answers ✅UR, LR, UL, and LL (Like the letter "N") Who supervises the loading of casualties onto an aeromedical vehicle? - correct answers ✅Aeromedical Evacuation Personnel How are casualties loaded onto a UH-60 Blackhawk? - correct answers ✅Three options (aka "577") 4L and 1A 6L and 1A 7A
What are the three most common devices used by the hoist on a UH-60 to extricate casualties? - correct answers ✅1.) Stokes Basket 2.) Jungle Penetrator (JP) 3.) SKED Why should you not touch the hoist cable/ hook before it touches the ground? - correct answers ✅Static Electricity Give examples of vehicles that can be used for CASEVAC - correct answers ✅Bradley, Cargo Truck, LMTV, etc. What are the three stage of TC3 and care rendered at each? - correct answers ✅CUF, TFC, and TACEVAC What is the first priority in CUF? - correct answers ✅Take cover and return fire What is the only medical intervention preformed during CUF?
How does the clotting process work? - correct answers ✅Chemical reactions in which clotting factors are activated and a fibrin net is formed over the injury of the vessel. What is the Triad of Death? - correct answers ✅hypothermia, acidosis, coagulopathy What is coagulation? - correct answers ✅blood clotting How does Hypothermia disrupt coagulation? - correct answers ✅Slows chemical reactions How does Acidosis disrupt coagulation? - correct answers ✅Lactic build up causes shock How does Hemodilution disrupt coagulation? - correct answers ✅too much fluid, not enough blood
How do Medications disrupt coagulation? - correct answers ✅Some medications prevent clotting (Asprin, Ibrofen, Naproxen) How does Blood Pressure disrupt coagulation? - correct answers ✅High blood pressure causes faster bleeding What is compressible hemorrhage? - correct answers ✅Can be compressed w/ tourniquet, direct pressure, packing, or pressure dressing What is a non-compressible hemorrhage? - correct answers ✅Bleeding that cannot be compressed w/ direct pressure, wound packing, or pressure dressing (Chest, Abs, and Pelvis) What are s/s of non-compressible hemorrhage? - correct answers ✅Guarding Rebounding tenderness Ecchymosis (Bruising)
How do tourniquets work? - correct answers ✅Compress the tissue around a vessel When would you use a SAM Junctional Tourniquet? - correct answers ✅Treat bleeding that a CAT tourniquet cannot What is a deliberate tourniquet? - correct answers ✅Applied directly to skin 2-3 inches proximal to wound What do you do if after applying a deliberate tourniquet the distal pulse is still present? - correct answers ✅Tighten it harder. If that doesn't work, add another directly beside it. What are hemostatic agents? What is the hemostatic dressing of choice in accordance with TC3? - correct answers ✅Blood clotting Combat Gauze
What is TXA, when must you give it to a casualty and how do you administer? - correct answers ✅Tranexamic Acid Prevents breakdown of clots Best for internal bleeding 1 gm in 100 cc of IV solution What are anchor points and where are they? - correct answers ✅(Points to wrap joints) Neck= Under Axilla opposite of the wound Axillary= Over opposite shoulder against the neck Inguinal = Thigh, Butt, or belt Why would you convert a tourniquet? - correct answers ✅Reduces unnecessary damage to an extremity When should you not loosen a tourniquet? - correct answers ✅1.) If casualty will arrive at surgical facility in < Hours 2.) It has been on for 6+ hours