Hemorrhage

Question 1

Leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield

Answer 1

Hemorrhage

Question 2

Most common cause of massive external blood loss in combat

Answer 2

Extremity injury

Question 3

TCCC approved tourniquets

Answer 3

Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT)

Special Operations Forces Tourniquet-Tactical (SOFT-T)

Emergency and Military Tourniquet (EMT)

Question 4

Can be used as a temporary measure and works most of the time for external bleeding and can even be used for carotid and femoral bleeding

Answer 4

Direct pressure

Question 5

Bleeding control requires very firm pressure and do not let up pressure to check the wound until you are prepared to:

Answer 5

Control the bleeding with a hemostatic agent

Question 6

TCCC approved Hemostatic Agent, CoTCCC first choice

Answer 6

Combat gauze

Question 7

May be used when combat gauze is not available

Answer 7

Celox Gauze / Chito Gauze

Question 8

Active ingredient for celox/chito gauze; a mucoadehesive, it functions independent of the coagulation cascade

Answer 8

Chotosan

Question 9

First expanding wound dressing FDA-cleared for life threatening junctional bleeding

Answer 9

XStat

Question 10

XStat is best for:

Answer 10

Deep narrow tract junctional wounds

Question 11

Junctional wounds refers to:

Answer 11

Groin

Buttocks

Perineum

Axillae

Base of the neck

Extremities at sites too proximal for limb tourniquets

Question 12

CoTCCC junctional tourniquets

Answer 12

Combat ready clamp

Junctional Emergency treatment tool

Sam junctional tourniquet

Question 13

Apply tourniquet ___ inches above bleeding site

Answer 13

2-3 inches

Question 14

Hemostatic dressings should be applied with at least __ minutes of direct pressure

Answer 14

3 minutes

Question 15

TCCC approved hemostatic agents

Answer 15

Combat gauze

Celox gauze

XStat

Question 16

CRoC stands for

Answer 16

Combat Ready Clamp

Question 17

JETT stands for:

Answer 17

Junctional Emergency Treatment Tool