TQ placement
A foot amputation with uncontrolled bleeding requires a tourniquet placed where?
What is 2-3” above the ankle?
A laceration (small cut) to a finger
What is a BANDAID?
(Similar answers accepted)
An armed man entered a grocery store with a bomb. Many customers sustained severe injuries.
Sally: tripped and stubbed her toe on the banana cart
Eric: shrapnel wounds to 90% of his body.
ERIC
A GSW Gunshot wound to the arm spurting bright red blood.
What is ARTERIAL?
The person you talk to if you’re interested in enlisting in the national Guard.
What is a RECRUITER?
An amputation at the elbow requires a TQ placed where?
What is 2-3” above the elbow?
OR
What is high and tight?
A gunshot wound to the mid thigh, spurting bright red blood would require what intervention.
What is a TOURNIQUET?
A group of friends driving to the Friday night football game are hit head on by a drunk driver. After calling 911, You stop and help.
Driver: hit his head on the steering wheel. It’s oozing blood
Front passenger: has a large shard of glass in her arm. No visible bleeding
Rear Passenger : ejected from vehicle and has spurting blood from an amputated hand
#1 REAR PASSENGER - TQ
#2 Front Passenger - stabilize glass
#3 driver - lightly dress laceration
A superficial cat scratch that is just slowly oozing.
What is CAPILLARY?
T/F: You can pick your job in the national guard if your ASVAB score qualifies for that job.
TRUE
T/F: When improvising a tourniquet, you should ensure that the item you use is at least 1.5” inches wide and can be secured to provide adequate hemorrhage control.
What is TRUE?
Items to NOT use include but are not limited to: a shoe string, yarn, fishing line, a phone charger
A knife wound to the groin.
What is COMBAT GAUZE & PRESSURE DRESSING?
(Similar answers accepted. Essentially, the wound needs to be packed and have pressure applied.)
Two women walking downtown Kingsport are attacked by a Robber armed with a knife.
Susan: spurting blood from her neck
Jill: bleeding severely from her abdomen
SUSAN: pack & pressure
Jill: lightly dress and position
A bystander of a vehicle explosion was hit by multiple shrapnel fragments on her left side. Her leg and arm appear to have dark red blood steadily flowing down.
What is VENOUS?
The 10 weeks of initial entry training one must complete in order to become a soldier after enlisting.
What is BCT / BASIC COMBAT TRAINING ?
You are the responding bystander to a mass casualty shooting. You have multiple TQ’s on hand. You notice you have many casualties with blood soaked clothing. The best course of action is to A: expose each individual injury and apply a deliberate TQ (2-3” above) the bleed
B: apply HASTY (high & tight) TQs while directing others to do the same
What is B?
Explanation: this minimizes the amount of blood that the casualties will lose by providing faster hemorrhage control. LIFE OVER LIMB
A knife impaled in the abdomen.
What is STABILIZE?
The school football coach and the referee are arguing when it starts to get physical. The quarterback steps in between to break up the fight.
QB: blood steadily flowing from his nose
Ref: bloody knuckles
QB: pinch at the bridge and tilt head forward to prevent swallowing/aspiration of blood
A construction workers hand was amputated when his equipment malfunctioned. Bright red blood began spurting from the wrist.
What is ARTERIAL?
The act that covers 100% tuition in the state of TN.
What is TNSTRONG ?
The use of a tourniquet is indicated. True/False: A gunshot wound to the neck.
FALSE: this should be packed and have pressure applied
A large gash on the head that is oozing blood.
What is LIGHTLY DRESS?
You, along with 2 other classmates sustained multiple injuries before local law enforcement could apprehend the armed intruder.
Student #1: notices blood saturating his underarm
Student #2: multiple bruises from wrestling the intruder
Student #3: has a through-&-through GSW to her forearm that is oozing blood
Student #1
Explanation: the armpit is one of 3 junctional locations where arteries tend to run more superficial. This very well may be an arterial bleed and should be treated quickly.
Student #2
Explanation: although this is a traumatic injury, the bleeding is controlled at this time. This could still be packed and wrapped to prevent bleeding during transport and possible infection.
You witness a man fall off a ladder and dark red blood immediately begins to pool around his head.
What is VENOUS?
A combat medic must complete an additional __ weeks of training at Ft. Sam Houston, TX after completing Basic training.
What is 16 ?