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what percent of casualties die before reaching a medical treatment facility
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90 %
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you see a soldier get wounded on the battle field, what is your primary goal ?
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to gain fire superiority to provide cover fire to begin to the treatment of the soldier
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providing care under fire what are you allowed to do ?
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you are allowed to apply a tourniquet to the extremeties to control severe bleeding
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what are the 3 phases of TC3 ( tactical combat casualty care)
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The three phases of tc3 are
care under fire tactical field care tactical evacuation care |
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what is the difference between a medevac and a casevac?
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a casevac is a nonmedical vehicle being used to extract a patient in place of a medical vehicle ( medevac)
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what term means severe bleeding ?
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hemorrhage is a term used for severe bleeding
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what are three most common preventable causes of death on the battle field ?
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tension pneumo thorax
extremity hemorrhage airway compromise |