TACTICAL PARAMEDIC – C EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027
3 preventable causes of combat death - ANS 1. Extremity Hemorrhage 60%
2. Tension Pneumo 33%
3. Airway Compromise 6%
Care Under Fire (CUF) - ANS Hot Zone
Direct Threat Care (DTC)
Priorities of CUF - ANS Return Fire and take cover
Prevent additional casualties
Stop major bleeding w/ tourniquet
Treatments in CUF - ANS Move and cover
Remove from burning vehicles
Tourniquets
Tactical Field Care (TFC) - ANS Warm Zone
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,Indirect Threat Care (ITC)
Treatments in TFC - ANS M.A.R.C.H./H
IV/IO
Antibiotics (ABX)
Pain meds
Hypothermia prevention
When do you open Tactical Medical Operator Bag? - ANS TFC Tactical Field care phase, not
before
Tactical Evacuation Care - ANS Cold Zone
Evac
Treatments in TEC - ANS M.A.R.C.H./H
IV/IO
Antibiotics (ABX)
Pain meds
Hypothermia prevention
MEDEVAC - ANS Medical Evacuation
CASEVAC - ANS Casualty Evacuation
TCCC Non-permissive Situation - ANS CUF/DTC
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,TCCC Semi-permissive Situation - ANS TCF/IDC
TCCC Semi-permissive or permissive Situation - ANS TACEVAC/EVAC
When to perform detailed assessment of patient - ANS TFC
If team member is hurt? - ANS Step over and complete the mission
Importance of patient care documentation - ANS Ensure patient continuity, especially with
pain meds, and antibiotics.
MIST Report - ANS M = Mechanism of injury
I = Injury
S = Signs and symptoms
T = Treatments
.Define MIST Report - ANS Designed to transmit pertinent medical info from point of injury to
the evacuation asset
MIST vs 9-line MEDEVAC - ANS MIST- focuses on communication of pt condition.
9 line - is request for evacuation of the patient
Improvised Explosive Devices - ANS 1. Command Detonated IED
2. House Borne IED (HBIED)
3. Vehicle Borne IED (VBIED)
4. Suicide Vest
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, Remote activation when person is in kill zone - ANS Command Detonated IED
Rigged in a structure to explode when friendly forces arrive - ANS House Borne IED (HBIED)
IED carried by a vehicle - ANS Vehicle Borne IED (VBIED)
Suicide Vest IED injuires - ANS Blast, shrapnel, frag of bone and teeth.
Blast Classifications - ANS 1. Conventional Blast
2. Vehicle or Enclosed Space Blast
3. High-Order Explosives
4. Low-Order Explosives
Conventional Blast - ANS Blunt Trauma
Penetrating Trauma
Inhalation Burns
Thermal Burns
Vehicle & Enclosed Space Blast - ANS 1. Pressure related effects more prominent than blunt .
2. Closed space enhances the blast effects
3. Increased mortality rate
High-Order Explosives - ANS 1. Super sonic over pressurization shock wave
2. exp: TNT, Nitro, Symtex, ANFO
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027
3 preventable causes of combat death - ANS 1. Extremity Hemorrhage 60%
2. Tension Pneumo 33%
3. Airway Compromise 6%
Care Under Fire (CUF) - ANS Hot Zone
Direct Threat Care (DTC)
Priorities of CUF - ANS Return Fire and take cover
Prevent additional casualties
Stop major bleeding w/ tourniquet
Treatments in CUF - ANS Move and cover
Remove from burning vehicles
Tourniquets
Tactical Field Care (TFC) - ANS Warm Zone
@2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Indirect Threat Care (ITC)
Treatments in TFC - ANS M.A.R.C.H./H
IV/IO
Antibiotics (ABX)
Pain meds
Hypothermia prevention
When do you open Tactical Medical Operator Bag? - ANS TFC Tactical Field care phase, not
before
Tactical Evacuation Care - ANS Cold Zone
Evac
Treatments in TEC - ANS M.A.R.C.H./H
IV/IO
Antibiotics (ABX)
Pain meds
Hypothermia prevention
MEDEVAC - ANS Medical Evacuation
CASEVAC - ANS Casualty Evacuation
TCCC Non-permissive Situation - ANS CUF/DTC
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,TCCC Semi-permissive Situation - ANS TCF/IDC
TCCC Semi-permissive or permissive Situation - ANS TACEVAC/EVAC
When to perform detailed assessment of patient - ANS TFC
If team member is hurt? - ANS Step over and complete the mission
Importance of patient care documentation - ANS Ensure patient continuity, especially with
pain meds, and antibiotics.
MIST Report - ANS M = Mechanism of injury
I = Injury
S = Signs and symptoms
T = Treatments
.Define MIST Report - ANS Designed to transmit pertinent medical info from point of injury to
the evacuation asset
MIST vs 9-line MEDEVAC - ANS MIST- focuses on communication of pt condition.
9 line - is request for evacuation of the patient
Improvised Explosive Devices - ANS 1. Command Detonated IED
2. House Borne IED (HBIED)
3. Vehicle Borne IED (VBIED)
4. Suicide Vest
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, Remote activation when person is in kill zone - ANS Command Detonated IED
Rigged in a structure to explode when friendly forces arrive - ANS House Borne IED (HBIED)
IED carried by a vehicle - ANS Vehicle Borne IED (VBIED)
Suicide Vest IED injuires - ANS Blast, shrapnel, frag of bone and teeth.
Blast Classifications - ANS 1. Conventional Blast
2. Vehicle or Enclosed Space Blast
3. High-Order Explosives
4. Low-Order Explosives
Conventional Blast - ANS Blunt Trauma
Penetrating Trauma
Inhalation Burns
Thermal Burns
Vehicle & Enclosed Space Blast - ANS 1. Pressure related effects more prominent than blunt .
2. Closed space enhances the blast effects
3. Increased mortality rate
High-Order Explosives - ANS 1. Super sonic over pressurization shock wave
2. exp: TNT, Nitro, Symtex, ANFO
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