TCCC Pre-Test Exam Questions and Answers |Fall 2025/2026
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Question 1
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to
successfully open the airway of a casualty who is unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase?
a. Nasopharyngeal airway
b. Surgical airway
c. Tracheal intubation
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
a
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,Question 2
After a brief skirmish with the enemy 10 minutes ago, your unit is holding temporarily in a secure area. During the firefight,
you sustained a gunshot wound to your right thigh that produced heavy arterial bleeding. You initially controlled the
hemorrhage by applying your own tourniquet. There are no other medics in your unit, and the CASEVAC helicopter will
arrive at your location in one-half hour. The MTF is 10 minutes away by air. Which is the best strategy for dealing with the
tourniquet on your leg?
a. Replace the tourniquet with a Combat Gauze dressing
b. Replace the tourniquet with WoundStat and direct pressure
c. Construct a pressure dressing over your leg wound, and remove the tourniquet yourself
d. Leave the tourniquet in place
Correct Answer
d
Question 3
Which of the following is not a TCCC approved junctional tourniquet?
a. SJT
b. CRoC
c. JETT
d. AAT
Correct Answer
d
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,Question 4
What is the correct treatment for pain caused by a tourniquet that is effectively controlling life-threatening bleeding?
a. Ice packs
b. Analgesia as recommended in TCCC guidelines
c. Periodically loosen the tourniquet to relieve limb ischemia
d. Splint the limb to which the tourniquet is applied
Correct Answer
b
Question 5
Every intervention shown on the TCCC Casualty Card should be completed for each casualty.
Correct Answer
F
Question 6
Fluid resuscitation to treat shock is not considered a part of Care Under Fire.
Correct Answer
T
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, Question 7
Inadequate battlefield analgesia is associated with an increase in PTSD?
Correct Answer
T
Question 8
Advantages of the Cric-Key technique for cricothyroidotomy include all except:
a. The rounded, anterior-facing tip of the Cric-Key allows you to feel the tracheal rings as it slides over them.
b. If the Cric-Key is inserted under the skin overlying the trachea, the tip will produce visible tenting of the skin in front of
the neck.
c. The Melker airway is flanged, and therefore unlikely to disappear down the casualty's trachea.
d. The Cric-Key eliminates the need to make an incision through the cricothyroid membrane.
Correct Answer
d
Question 9
Why is Hextend preferred over normal saline or Lactated Ringer's for combat casualties who often have a prolonged delay
to evacuation?
a. It's cheaper
b. It's made by Halliburton
c. The intravascular volume expansion lasts much longer than that achieved with normal saline or Lactated Ringer's
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
c
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Update | 100% Correct Latest
Question 1
What is the next step in airway management for a corpsman who has just used the chin-lift/jaw-thrust method to
successfully open the airway of a casualty who is unconscious from a blast injury during the Tactical Field Care phase?
a. Nasopharyngeal airway
b. Surgical airway
c. Tracheal intubation
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
a
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,Question 2
After a brief skirmish with the enemy 10 minutes ago, your unit is holding temporarily in a secure area. During the firefight,
you sustained a gunshot wound to your right thigh that produced heavy arterial bleeding. You initially controlled the
hemorrhage by applying your own tourniquet. There are no other medics in your unit, and the CASEVAC helicopter will
arrive at your location in one-half hour. The MTF is 10 minutes away by air. Which is the best strategy for dealing with the
tourniquet on your leg?
a. Replace the tourniquet with a Combat Gauze dressing
b. Replace the tourniquet with WoundStat and direct pressure
c. Construct a pressure dressing over your leg wound, and remove the tourniquet yourself
d. Leave the tourniquet in place
Correct Answer
d
Question 3
Which of the following is not a TCCC approved junctional tourniquet?
a. SJT
b. CRoC
c. JETT
d. AAT
Correct Answer
d
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,Question 4
What is the correct treatment for pain caused by a tourniquet that is effectively controlling life-threatening bleeding?
a. Ice packs
b. Analgesia as recommended in TCCC guidelines
c. Periodically loosen the tourniquet to relieve limb ischemia
d. Splint the limb to which the tourniquet is applied
Correct Answer
b
Question 5
Every intervention shown on the TCCC Casualty Card should be completed for each casualty.
Correct Answer
F
Question 6
Fluid resuscitation to treat shock is not considered a part of Care Under Fire.
Correct Answer
T
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, Question 7
Inadequate battlefield analgesia is associated with an increase in PTSD?
Correct Answer
T
Question 8
Advantages of the Cric-Key technique for cricothyroidotomy include all except:
a. The rounded, anterior-facing tip of the Cric-Key allows you to feel the tracheal rings as it slides over them.
b. If the Cric-Key is inserted under the skin overlying the trachea, the tip will produce visible tenting of the skin in front of
the neck.
c. The Melker airway is flanged, and therefore unlikely to disappear down the casualty's trachea.
d. The Cric-Key eliminates the need to make an incision through the cricothyroid membrane.
Correct Answer
d
Question 9
Why is Hextend preferred over normal saline or Lactated Ringer's for combat casualties who often have a prolonged delay
to evacuation?
a. It's cheaper
b. It's made by Halliburton
c. The intravascular volume expansion lasts much longer than that achieved with normal saline or Lactated Ringer's
d. None of the above
Correct Answer
c
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