CUF
Massive Hemorrhage
Medication Potpourri
Airway and respirations
Miscellaneous
100

The first priority/step in CUF

What is return fire and take cover?

100

Apply tourniquet to the skin ______________ above the bleeding site.

What is 2-3 inches?

100
  • Acetaminophen – 500 mg tablet, 2 PO every 8 hours
  • Meloxicam – 15 mg PO once a day

What is  the TCCC Combat Wound Medication Pack (CWMP)? 

*can be given by non-medical first-responders

100

Verify ETT placement with __________

What is ETCO2?

100

2 grams Tranexamic Acid

What is medication and dose to be administered when patient will require blood transfusion?

200

Apply the limb tourniquet over the uniform clearly ___________ to the bleeding site(s)

What is PROXIMAL?

200

Combat/hemostatic gauze should be used for....

What is uncontrolled hemorrhage not amenable to tourniquet application?

200
  • TCCC Medical Personnel: Medications for Mild to Moderate Pain and Casualty IS NOT in shock or respiratory distress AND Casualty IS NOT at significant risk of developing either condition.
  • Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC) 800 μg
    • May repeat once more after 15 minutes if pain uncontrolled by first
200

head tilted back; chin away from chest

What is the "recovery position" or position for an unconscious casualty?

200

Naloxone ___________ should be available when administering __________

What is 0.4 mg IV/IO/IM/IN and opioid analgesics?

300

Three questions for your casualty

Can you take cover?

Can you return fire?

Can you perform self-aid?

300

Step when the 1st tourniquet fails

What is apply a 2nd tourniquet side-by-side the first tourniquet?

300

Personnel who can administer the following: 

  • Fentanyl 50 mcg IV/IO (0.5-1 mcg/kg
    • May repeat q 30 min
  • Fentanyl 100 mcg IN
    • May repeat q 30 min

Who are combat paramedics and providers?

300

First step when you suspect tension pneumothorax

What is burp the chest seal?

300

Three steps when patient presents with penetrating eye trauma

What is rapid visual acuity assessment, cover eye/eye shield, and administer abx?

400

This is "high and tight"

What is tourniquet placement?

400

____________ can be applied to the head and neck when wounds can be easily approximated

What is an iTClamp?

400

For moderate to severe pain Ketamine can be administered ________________

What is q20-30 minutes?

400

Appropriate size for NCD

What is 14 or 10 gauge, 3.24" needle?

400

3 key components of communication during TCCC

What are with the patient, with tactical leadership, and with the evacuation system?

500

Two possible interventions during CUF

What are stop massive bleeding and stop burning process?

500

During the "Massive Hemorrhage" step, perform initial assessment for _______________ and consider ______________

What is hemorrhagic shock? 

What is immediate initiation of shock resuscitation?

500

For all casualties given opioids, ketamine or benzodiazepines monitor __________, _____________, and _____________

What is airway, breathing, and circulation?

500

Criteria for treating a tension pneumothorax

What is significant torso trauma or primary blast injury and one or more of the following: 

  • Severe or progressive respiratory distress, severe or progressive tachypnea, absent or markedly decreased breath sounds on one side of the chest, Hemoglobin oxygen saturation < 90% on pulse oximetry, Shock, Traumatic cardiac arrest without obviously fatal wounds
500

The fluid of choice for patients suspected of hemorrhagic shock

What is low titer whole O blood?

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