HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What was the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield death in the past? -
ANSWER--Extremity hemorrhage
What is the only thing that warrants intervention during CUF? - ANSWER--Life-
threatening bleeding
What is the ONE thing, if anything, you can do for the casualty? - ANSWER--Stop
him/her from bleeding to death
Signs of life threatening bleeding - ANSWER---pulsing or steady bleeding from the
wound
-blood is pooling on the ground
-overlying clothes are soaked with blood
-bandages or makeshift bandages used to cover the wound are ineffective and
steadily becoming soaked with blood
-traumatic amputation of an arm or leg
-prior bleeding and patient is now in shock (unconscious, confused, pale)
What is the first choice to control life-threatening hemorrhage in CUF? - ANSWER-
-Apply a tourniquet
(True/False) If you have severe extremity bleeding in CUF, forget about direct
pressure, pressure dressings, or anything else and directly to tourniquet. -
ANSWER--True
,HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
Don't use a tourniquet for wounds with what? - ANSWER--Minor bleeding
What do you do if the first tourniquet fails to control the bleeding? - ANSWER--
Apply a second tourniquet just above (proximal to) the first
Where should you NOT put a tourniquet directly over? - ANSWER--Knee or elbow,
holster or cargo pocket that contains bulky items
What are common mistakes with tourniquets to avoid? - ANSWER---not using one
when you should, or waiting too long to put it on
-not pulling all the slack out before tightening
-using a tourniquet for minimal bleeding
(True/False) If applied effectively, tourniquets should not hurt. - ANSWER--False
What is generally not tactically feasible in CUF? - ANSWER--Use of a hemostatic
agent (e.g., Combat Gauze)
What does PMARCHP stand for? - ANSWER--Patient safety, massive hemorrhage,
airway, respiration, circulation, head injury/hypothermia, pain management
(True/False) Casualties with an altered mental status should keep their weapons
and communications equipment. - ANSWER--False
,HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What are possible causes of altered mental status? - ANSWER--TBI, shock,
hypoxia, pain medications
How should you place a tourniquet during TFC? - ANSWER--Directly to the skin 2-
3 inches above the bleeding site
What may cause a tourniquet to fail? - ANSWER--Repetitive applications
Hemostatic dressing should be applied with at least ___ minutes of direct
pressure. - ANSWER--3
What are the three hemostatic dressings recommended in the TCCC guidelines? -
ANSWER--Combat gauze, Celox gauze, ChitoGauze
What is impregnated into combat gauze that causes blood to clot? - ANSWER--
Kaolin
XSTAT 12 can be used up to ___ hours until surgical care is acquired. - ANSWER--4
When can you use XSTAT 12? - ANSWER--Only for patients at high risk for
immediate life-threatening bleeding for hemodynamically significant, non-
compressible junctional wounds when definitive care at an emergency care
facility cannot be achieved within minutes
, HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
XSTAT 12 should NOT be used in: - ANSWER--The thorax; pleural cavity;
mediastinum; abdomen; retroperitoneal space; sacral space; tissues above
inguinal ligament; tissues above the clavicle
Characteristics of XSTAT 12 - ANSWER---contains approximately 38 compressed
minisponges
-expand to 10-12 times their compressed volume within approximately 20
seconds
-radiopaque market is embedded into each of the minisponges
Who should remove the minisponges after achieving proximal and distal vascular
control? - ANSWER--Surgeon
DD Form 1380 - ANSWER--TCCC Casualty Card
Junctional hemorrhage refers to bleeding from wounds to the: - ANSWER--Groin,
buttocks, perineum, axillae, base of the neck, extremities at sites too proximal
for a limb tourniquet
Three CoTCCC-recommended junctional tourniquets - ANSWER---Combat Ready
Clamp (CroC)
-Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT)
-SAM Junctional Tourniquet (SJT)
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What was the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield death in the past? -
ANSWER--Extremity hemorrhage
What is the only thing that warrants intervention during CUF? - ANSWER--Life-
threatening bleeding
What is the ONE thing, if anything, you can do for the casualty? - ANSWER--Stop
him/her from bleeding to death
Signs of life threatening bleeding - ANSWER---pulsing or steady bleeding from the
wound
-blood is pooling on the ground
-overlying clothes are soaked with blood
-bandages or makeshift bandages used to cover the wound are ineffective and
steadily becoming soaked with blood
-traumatic amputation of an arm or leg
-prior bleeding and patient is now in shock (unconscious, confused, pale)
What is the first choice to control life-threatening hemorrhage in CUF? - ANSWER-
-Apply a tourniquet
(True/False) If you have severe extremity bleeding in CUF, forget about direct
pressure, pressure dressings, or anything else and directly to tourniquet. -
ANSWER--True
,HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
Don't use a tourniquet for wounds with what? - ANSWER--Minor bleeding
What do you do if the first tourniquet fails to control the bleeding? - ANSWER--
Apply a second tourniquet just above (proximal to) the first
Where should you NOT put a tourniquet directly over? - ANSWER--Knee or elbow,
holster or cargo pocket that contains bulky items
What are common mistakes with tourniquets to avoid? - ANSWER---not using one
when you should, or waiting too long to put it on
-not pulling all the slack out before tightening
-using a tourniquet for minimal bleeding
(True/False) If applied effectively, tourniquets should not hurt. - ANSWER--False
What is generally not tactically feasible in CUF? - ANSWER--Use of a hemostatic
agent (e.g., Combat Gauze)
What does PMARCHP stand for? - ANSWER--Patient safety, massive hemorrhage,
airway, respiration, circulation, head injury/hypothermia, pain management
(True/False) Casualties with an altered mental status should keep their weapons
and communications equipment. - ANSWER--False
,HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
What are possible causes of altered mental status? - ANSWER--TBI, shock,
hypoxia, pain medications
How should you place a tourniquet during TFC? - ANSWER--Directly to the skin 2-
3 inches above the bleeding site
What may cause a tourniquet to fail? - ANSWER--Repetitive applications
Hemostatic dressing should be applied with at least ___ minutes of direct
pressure. - ANSWER--3
What are the three hemostatic dressings recommended in the TCCC guidelines? -
ANSWER--Combat gauze, Celox gauze, ChitoGauze
What is impregnated into combat gauze that causes blood to clot? - ANSWER--
Kaolin
XSTAT 12 can be used up to ___ hours until surgical care is acquired. - ANSWER--4
When can you use XSTAT 12? - ANSWER--Only for patients at high risk for
immediate life-threatening bleeding for hemodynamically significant, non-
compressible junctional wounds when definitive care at an emergency care
facility cannot be achieved within minutes
, HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2023-2024 ACTUAL EXAM TEST
BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS |ALREADY GRADED A+
XSTAT 12 should NOT be used in: - ANSWER--The thorax; pleural cavity;
mediastinum; abdomen; retroperitoneal space; sacral space; tissues above
inguinal ligament; tissues above the clavicle
Characteristics of XSTAT 12 - ANSWER---contains approximately 38 compressed
minisponges
-expand to 10-12 times their compressed volume within approximately 20
seconds
-radiopaque market is embedded into each of the minisponges
Who should remove the minisponges after achieving proximal and distal vascular
control? - ANSWER--Surgeon
DD Form 1380 - ANSWER--TCCC Casualty Card
Junctional hemorrhage refers to bleeding from wounds to the: - ANSWER--Groin,
buttocks, perineum, axillae, base of the neck, extremities at sites too proximal
for a limb tourniquet
Three CoTCCC-recommended junctional tourniquets - ANSWER---Combat Ready
Clamp (CroC)
-Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT)
-SAM Junctional Tourniquet (SJT)
