First Aid Flashcards
Which publication covers first aid?
TC 4-02.1
What is TCCC
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
What are the three steps of TCCC?
Care under Fire
Tactical Field Care
Tactical Evacuation Care
Describe Care Under Fire.
The primary concern is any threat to life/safety in the form of enemy fire or environment, as well as utilizing tourniquets to manage massive hemorrhage.
Suppress Enemy Fire
Check if alive
Control Massive Bleeding
Move casualty to cover
Describe Tactical Field Care.
Assessment and treatment priorities focus on the preventable causes of death as defined by military medical evidence: MARCH.
Describe MARCH.
Massive Hemorrhaging
Airway
Respiration
Circulation
Hypothermia
Describe Tactical Evacuation Care
Effort is made to move the casualty toward a definitive treatment facility.
What is a CCP?
Casualty Collection Point.
What is a casevac?
When a casualty is evacuated on a vehicle not marked as medical.
What is a Medivac?
When a casualty is evacuated on a vehicle marked as medical.
What is AVPU?
Alert
Voice (Responds to vocal commands “Move your arm”)
Pain (Reacts to pain–Knuckles on sternum)
Unconscious
What does CPR stand for?
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
What are the four types of burns?
Thermal
Chemical
Electrical
Laser
What are the two methods of opening an airway?
Head tilt chin lift
Jaw thrust
What are the two types of fractures?
Simple
Compound
What are the three types of bleeding?
Arterial
Venous
Capillary
What are the nine lines of a 9 line?
1 Location of Pickup Site. (Little)
2 Radio Frequ., Call Sign, & Suffix. (Red)
3 No. of Patients by Precedence. (People)
4 Special Equipment Required. (Eat)
5 Number of Patients by Type. (Tasty)
6 Security of Pickup Site (Wartime). (Snacks)
6 Number and Type of Wound,
Injury, or Illness (Peacetime).
7 Method of Marking Pickup Site. (Mother)
8 Patient Nationality and Status. (Never)
9 NBC Contamination (Wartime). (Cooks)
9 Terrain Description (Peacetime).
Which lines need to be sent before a Helo can be sent?
Lines 1-5
How high above a wound do you apply a tourniquet?
2-4 inches
When would you not loosen clothing?
Chemical environment
Wound sticking to clothes
What are the lines of a MIST report?
Method of Injury
Injuries sustained
Stable/unstable
Treatments applied
