68W FIELDCRAFT 1 STUDYGUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What percentage of combat fatalities are survivable by early intervention with combat medic tasks and rapid evacuation to a surgical facility 24% What is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield? Hemorrhage What percentage of head or neck injuries require immobilization 1.4% When would you consider spinal precautions for a combat casualty Tactical Field Care Phase When would you perform CPR in a combat environment Tactical Field Care Phase What are primary blast injuries Directly related to the proximity of the casualty to the blast What would you expect to find from a primary blast injury Damage to hollow organs What are secondary blast injuries Injury caused by debris or shrapnel What are tertiary blast injuries Injury when casualty is blown into a solid object What is the single most significant obstacle to the combat medic's ability to provide care Enemy Fire What is a walk and where can you find it? Warrior Aid and Litter Kit found on each ground Vehicle What analgesic can you give a patient with mild to moderate pain Acetaminophen (2x 500 mg) and Meloxicam (15mg) What analgesic can you give a patient with moderate to severe pain who is NOT in shock or respiratory distress and is not at risk of developing either. OTFC (Oral Transmucosal Fentanyl) (800 micro grams) What analgesic can you give to a patient in moderate to severe pain who IS in hemorrhagic shock or respiratory distress OR is at risk of developing it? Ketamine (50 mg IM or 30 MG IV) What two analgesics have the potential to worsen sever TBI Ketamine and OTFC What are the goals of TC3 complete the mission, prevent additional casualties, treat the casualty What is care under fire? attempting to provide care while being in an attack (under fire) What are your treatment options in care under fire? Hasty Tourniquet What is tactical field care? the care rendered by the combat medic once he and the casualty are no longer under fire in a combat environment What are your treatment options in Tactical field care? Casualty's IFAC Combat Medicine Aid bag and med supplies Assistance Assess and treatment What is tactical evacuation care The care rendered once the casualty has been picked up by aircraft, boat, or vehicle What are 4 traits of MEDEVAC Collecting the wounded Triage provide an evacuation mode perform emergency medical intervention en route What is the difference between MEDEVAC and CASEVAC MEDEVAC - Medical evacuation w/ med vehicles and personnel CASEVAC - casualty evacuation and have weapons What is a DD1380 TCCC Card (accesses initial lifesaving care) What are standard methods of doccumentation What are non-standard methods of documentation Once you begin providing medical care for a casualty, will you remain with that casualty until he/she reaches the MTF Yes Other than the casualty's name and last 4, whose need to be on the 1380? The Medic's When does MEDEVAC begin When medical personnel receive injured or ill soldiers Who determines if MEDEVAC is to be requested the tactical leader What are the four categories of patient precedence? Urgent or Urgent- surgical Priority Routine Convenience How long do you have for Urgent or Urgent - Surgical 1 hour or less How long do you have for Priority within 4 hours How long do you have for Routine within 24 hours How long do you have for Convenience when it is convenient Who is responsible for getting the casualty to the MEDEVAC site the medic and who ever is assisting the medic What lines must be transmitted to initiate a MEDEVAC Line 1 thrugh 5 How much time do you have to transmit your essential lines of 9 line in for a MEDEVAC 25 seconds What two lines in the 9 line change depending on weather it is wartime or peacetime? line 6 and 9 What does battlefield documentation do Provide a written record of assessment findings and treatments given What is the brevity codes for line 3 and what does it stand for Number of casualty by precedence What are the ways we can report casualties during a 9-line medevac request? Alpha: Urgent Bravo: Urgent Surgical Charlie: Priority Delta: Routine Echo: Convenience What is the brevity codes for line 4, and what does it stand for Special equipment What are the types of special equipment we can request, and what brevity codes should we use? A: None B: Hoist C: Extraction Equipment D: Ventilator What is the brevity codes for line 5, and what does it stand for Number of casualties by type What are the brevity codes for line 5, and what do they mean? Lima: LitterAlpha: Ambulatory What is the brevity codes for line 6, and what does it stand for During wartime: Security of pickup site. During Peacetime: Number and type of wound, injury or illness. What does the brevity code for line 6 mean Pah-Pah: Possible enemy troops in area Echo: Enemy troops in the area X-ray: Enemy troops in the area (Armed escort required) What is the brevity codes for line 7, and what does it stand for Method of Marking pick-up site What does the brevity code for line 7 mean A: VS17 Panels B: Pyrotechnic Signals C: Smoke Signal D: None E: Other What is the brevity codes for line 8 and what does it stand for Casualty Nationality and Status: What does the brevity code for line 8 mean A: US Military B: US Civilian C: Non-US Military D: Non-US Civilian E: Enemy POW What is the brevity codes for line 9, and what does it stand for Wartime: NBC contamination Peacetime: Terrain What does the brevity code for line 9 mean N: Nuclear B: Biological C: Chemical When requesting a MEDEVAC with what opening should you begin your transmission? I have a MEDEVAC request, over. What does M.I.S.T. stand for Mechanism of injury Injury Type Signs Treatment given