HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST ACTUAL EXAM TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

HCB TCCC EXAM LATEST 2026-2027 ACTUAL EXAM

TEST BANK 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED

ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

What was the most frequent cause of preventable battlefield death in the

past? - ANSWER- Extremity hemorrhage

What is the only thing that warrants intervention during CUF? -

ANSWER- Life-threatening bleeding

What is the ONE thing, if anything, you can do for the casualty? -

ANSWER- Stop him/her from bleeding to death

Signs of life threatening bleeding - ANSWER- -pulsing or steady

bleeding from the wound

-blood is pooling on the ground

-overlying clothes are soaked with blood

-bandages or makeshift bandages used to cover the wound are

ineffective and steadily becoming soaked with blood

-traumatic amputation of an arm or leg

-prior bleeding and patient is now in shock (unconscious, confused,

pale)

What is the first choice to control life-threatening hemorrhage in CUF? -

ANSWER- Apply a tourniquet

(True/False) If you have severe extremity bleeding in CUF, forget about

direct pressure, pressure dressings, or anything else and directly to

tourniquet. - ANSWER- True

Don't use a tourniquet for wounds with what? - ANSWER- Minor

bleeding

What do you do if the first tourniquet fails to control the bleeding? -

ANSWER- Apply a second tourniquet just above (proximal to) the first

Where should you NOT put a tourniquet directly over? - ANSWERKnee or elbow, holster or cargo pocket that contains bulky items

What are common mistakes with tourniquets to avoid? - ANSWER- -not

using one when you should, or waiting too long to put it on

-not pulling all the slack out before tightening

-using a tourniquet for minimal bleeding

(True/False) If applied effectively, tourniquets should not hurt. -

ANSWER- False

What is generally not tactically feasible in CUF? - ANSWER- Use of a

hemostatic agent (e.g., Combat Gauze)

What does PMARCHP stand for? - ANSWER- Patient safety, massive

hemorrhage, airway, respiration, circulation, head injury/hypothermia,

pain management

(True/False) Casualties with an altered mental status should keep their

weapons and communications equipment. - ANSWER- False

What are possible causes of altered mental status? - ANSWER- TBI,

shock, hypoxia, pain medications

How should you place a tourniquet during TFC? - ANSWER- Directly

to the skin 2-3 inches above the bleeding site

What may cause a tourniquet to fail? - ANSWER- Repetitive

applications

Hemostatic dressing should be applied with at least ___ minutes of

direct pressure. - ANSWER- 3

What are the three hemostatic dressings recommended in the TCCC

guidelines? - ANSWER- Combat gauze, Celox gauze, ChitoGauze

What is impregnated into combat gauze that causes blood to clot? -

ANSWER- Kaolin

XSTAT 12 can be used up to ___ hours until surgical care is acquired. -

ANSWER- 4

When can you use XSTAT 12? - ANSWER- Only for patients at high

risk for immediate life-threatening bleeding for hemodynamically

significant, non-compressible junctional wounds when definitive care at

an emergency care facility cannot be achieved within minutes

XSTAT 12 should NOT be used in: - ANSWER- The thorax; pleural

cavity; mediastinum; abdomen; retroperitoneal space; sacral space;

tissues above inguinal ligament; tissues above the clavicle

Characteristics of XSTAT 12 - ANSWER- -contains approximately 38

compressed minisponges

-expand to 10-12 times their compressed volume within approximately

20 seconds

-radiopaque market is embedded into each of the minisponges

Who should remove the minisponges after achieving proximal and distal

vascular control? - ANSWER- Surgeon

DD Form 1380 - ANSWER- TCCC Casualty Card

Junctional hemorrhage refers to bleeding from wounds to the: -

ANSWER- Groin, buttocks, perineum, axillae, base of the neck,

extremities at sites too proximal for a limb tourniquet