COMBAT LIFE SAVING

Question 1

DEFINTION OF SHOCK

Answer 1

FAILURE OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM TO PUMP BLOOD TO ALL PART OF THE BODY

Question 2

CAUSES OF SHOCK

Answer 2

SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS
TRAUMA
BURNS
INFECTION
ALLERGIES
DEHYDRATION
MIND

Question 3

TYPES OF SOFT TISSUE WOUNDS

Answer 3

CLOSED WOUNDS (CONTUSION OR BRUISE)
OPEN WOUNDS (ABRASION, LACERATION, INCISION, PUNCTURE)
SPECIAL WOUNDS (AVULSION, CRUSHING, AMPUTATION)

Question 4

TREATMENT OF OPEN WOUNDS

Answer 4

CONTROL THE BLEEDING
PREVENT CONTAMIINATION WITH A STERILE DRESSING
IMMOBILIZE AND ELEVATE IF POSSIBLE
MONITOR ABC’S

Question 5

TREATMENT OF CHEST WOUNDS

Answer 5

COVER WOUND WITH AIRTIGHT DRESSING
APPLY FIELD DRESSING
LAY ON INJURED SIDE OR SIT UP
EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY

Question 6

TYPES OF BLEEDING

Answer 6

ARTERIAL BLEEDING
VENOUS BLEEDING (STEADY FLOW)
CAPILLARY BLEEDING (SLOW OOZING)

Question 7

HOW TO STOP BLEEDING

Answer 7

APPLY DIRECT PRESSURE
ELEVATE THE WOUND
PRESSURE POINTS
TOURNIQUET
APPLY FIELD DRESSING
SPECIAL DRESSING

Question 8

Pressure points

Answer 8

TEMPORAL
CAROTID
BRACHIAL
FEMORAL

Question 9

HOW TO APPLY A TOURNIQUET

Answer 9

BETWEEN THE HEART AND THE WOUND AS CLOSE TO E INJURY AS POSSIBLE (2-4 INCHES ABOVE WOUND)
TIGHTEN ENOUGH TO STOP THE BLEEDING
MARK FOREHEAD WITH A ‘T’ AND THE TIME AND DATE

Question 10

SYMPTOMS OF INTERNAL BLEEDING

Answer 10

VOMIT THAT APPEARS TO INCLUDE COFFEE GROUNDS
SHALLOW RESPIRATION / RAPID WEAK PULSE
THIRST
PALE, COOL, CLAMMY SKIN
ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS AND/OR GUARDING

Question 11

TYPES OF BURNS

Answer 11

THERMALS
ELECTRICAL
CHEMICAL
RADIATION/LASER

Question 12

CLASSIFICATION OF BURNS

Answer 12

1ST DEGREE
2ND DEGREE
3RD DEGREE

Question 13

KINDS OF FRACTURES

Answer 13

CLOSED

OPEN

Question 14

SPLINTING THE FRACTURE

Answer 14

STOP THE BLEEDING
REMOVE ALL BINDING OBJECTS
SPLINT THEM WHERE THEY LIE
IMMOBILIE THE JOINT ABOVE AND BELOW THE BREAK
USE PADDING
I N C O M P L E T E