FMST 201 Manage Hemorrhage/FMST 202 Maintaining airway

Question 1

What are the three types of bleeding?

Answer 1

Arterial, venous, and capillary

Question 2

Describe an arterial bleed?

Answer 2

Bright red blood spurting.

Question 3

Describe a venous bleed?

Answer 3

Dark red, steady and even flow blood.

Question 4

Describe a capillary bleed?

Answer 4

Brick red, blood oozes out slowly

Question 5

What are the three types of life threatening hemorrhages?

Answer 5

External, internal, junctional

Question 6

What is an external hemorrhage?

Answer 6

Lost of blood from large vessels of extremities.

Question 7

What are some of the causes of eternal hemorrhage?

Answer 7

Penetrating wounds, de-gloving wounds, and amputations.

Question 8

Define internal hemorrhage

Answer 8

Blood lost into the chest/abdomen that cannot be controlled in the field.

Question 9

What are the causes of internal hemorrhage?

Answer 9

Blunt trauma, concussions, vehicle accidents, falling, closed/pelvic fractures.

Question 10

What is a junctional hemorrhage?

Answer 10

Bleeding from junctional mounts that connect to the body. Ex: groin, butt, axillae, base of neck.

Question 11

What is the prioritization of treating life threatening conditions?

Answer 11

Tactical field care, establishing security perimeter, triage, massive hemorrhage.

Question 12

What are the three ways to treat a massive hemorrhage?

Answer 12

Limb tourniquets, junctional tourniquets, pelvic binders.

Question 13

What are some of the others ways to treat or control hemorrhages?

Answer 13

Direct pressure, pressure dressing

Question 14

What are some of the things you should keep in mind while bandaging/dressing?

Answer 14

Tight, pressure, PMS. If bleeding continues, do not remove but apply a second one.

Question 15

What are the three hemostatic agents used for hemorrhage?

Answer 15

Combat gauze, chitogauze, celox gauze.

Question 16

What are the three junctional used in TCCC?

Answer 16

Combat ready clamp (CROC), Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool (JETT), Sam Junctional Tourniquets (SJT).

Question 17

What are some of the signs of internal hemorrhage?

Answer 17

Hematemesis, Hemoptysis, Melena, Hematocheza, Hematuria, Ecchymosis, Hemtoma/Edema, Tenderness.

Question 18

What are some of the causes of an airway compromise?

Answer 18

Decreased neurological function, mechanical obstruction, trauma to airway, allergies.

Question 19

How would you assess the airway?

Answer 19

Look, listen, feel

Question 20

When dealing with an unconscious patient what position do you them in to check their airway and what are you looking for in their mouth.

Answer 20

Recovery, chin lift jaw thrust, and LOBBS.

Question 21

What are the six patient positions?

Answer 21

Recovery (on their side), Sit up/Lean forward, Whatever is comfortable for the patient, Supine (Laying), Folwers 90 degrees (high) 45 degrees (semi) 30 degrees (low)

Question 22

What are the three airway adjuncts?

Answer 22

NPA, I-Gel, Cricothyroidomy.

Question 23

What are the three types of cricothyroidotomy?

Answer 23

1. cric-key, boogie-aided, and standard.