Push-Ups (40)
What step comes after massive hemorrhaging?
Airways
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How many decimals are used for the Frequency?
5
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Two casualties:
Who do you treat first?
Massive bleeding.
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Count from 0-9 using proper radio pronunciation
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What is a trick you can use to help seat the handmic on a SINCGARS radio?
What does MARCH stand for?
Massive Hemorrhaging, Airway, Respiration, Circulatory, Head Injury/Hypothermia
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What is DD Form 1380?
TCCC Casualty Card
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What is the #1 preventable cause of death on the battlefield?
Massive Hemorrhaging
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What is the first step in TCCC under Care Under Fire?
Return fire and take cover
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What does SINCGARS stand for?
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
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What are the 3 kinds of bleeding?
Arterial, Venous, Capillary
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When do you use a nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)?
We don't.
Medical professionals can use it when airway is blocked.
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What is the difference between FH and SC on a radio?
FH is Frequency Hopping, SC is single channel
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Spell your name using the NATO Phonetic Alphabet
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Why is time important in FH radios?
Time must be synced for the radios to hop channels in sync.
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Which COMSEC and MODE do we use?
Plaintext (PT) and Single Channel (SC)
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Describe arterial bleeding.
Bright red, spurting or pulsing with heartbeat
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What do you have to press after inputting the Frequency?
Store (STO)
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Tourniquet applied but bleeding continues—what do you do?
Put another tourniquet on, high and tight
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When should you remove a tourniquet?
You shouldn't
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You then move the body to a better location, what is the first thing you do?
Check for the lack of a distal pulse
Check to ensure the tourniquet is still working
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Explain AVPU and describe what each of them are.
Alert - exactly that
Verbal - responds to verbal stimulus
Pain - responds to pain
Unresponsive - doesn't respond to anything
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What are the first 2 steps when handling a SINCGARS radio?
Insert the battery; plug in
Jam battery cover on
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Say the NATO phonetic Alphabet
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Describe how you are supposed to pack a venous bleed.
2 full rolls of gauze, maintaining pressure packing finger over finger, not using the thumb.
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