DS JABERS COMBAT LIFESAVER TIPS FOR DUMMIES

How not to fail* your CLS exam, simultaneously embarrassing yourself and Charlie Rock

*Soldiers who fail will be smoked mercilessly

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SIMPLE TEACHING THEORY

REPEATED EXPOSURE INCREASES THE PROBABILITY THAT THE INFORMATION WILL BE RETAINEDPREVENTING CONFUSION BY BREAKING DOWN MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY OR AVOIDING IT ALL TOGETHERLEARNING TO VISUALIZE SCENARIOS WITHOUT PRETTY PICTURES. DRAW THEM OUT IF NECESSARYUSING ANSWER SELECTION STRAGEGIES. CHOOSING THE BEST ANSWER OUT OF ALL AVAILABLE SELECTIONSDEMONSTRATING WHAT WORKS, WHAT MAKES SENSE, AND WHAT DOESNT MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALLUSING A SENSE OF HUMORTAKE THE FEAR OUT OF AN EXAM THAT IS INCREDIBLY EASY

EVEN THIS GUY SCORED A 100%

90 QUESTIONS

GOOD LUCK

QUESTION 1

YOUR DRILL SERGEANT TELLS YOU THAT PASSING THE COMBAT LIFESAVER COURSE EXAMINATION IS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. YOU DONT PAY ATTENTION, STUDY, OR ATTEMPT TO SUCCEED AND FAIL.

WILL YOU GRADUATE?

NO

YES

QUESTION 2

ARE YOU ALLOWED TO ASK THE PROCTOR QUESTIONS IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND SOMETHING?

WILL HE/SHE GIVE YOU THE ANSWER?

NO;YES

YES;NO

QUESTION 3

THE MEDIC PROCTORING THE TEST HAS A SENSE OF HUMOR AND SAYS, PRIVATES, THE ANSWER TO NUMBER ONE IS A.

IS THE ANSWER TO NUMBER 1 A OR IS HE FULL OF CRAP?

ITS A

HES FULL OF CRAP

QUESTION 4

THE COMBAT LIFESAVER EXAMINATION HAS TWO VERSIONS. IS EITHER VERSION HARDER THAN THE OTHER?

HONESTLY YES

NO WAY

QUESTION 5

THE COMBAT LIFESAVER EXAM IS WHAT KIND OF TEST (JUST LIKE ALMOST ANY OTHER TEST THE ARMY MAKES YOU TAKE)?

MULTIPLE CHOICE

ESSAY

QUESTION 6

YOUR TEST IS A SCAN TRON STYLE TEST WHERE YOU HAVE TO FILL IN A CIRCLE OR RECTANGLE.

HOW DO YOU SELECT YOUR ANSWER?

FILL IN THE CIRCLE/RECTANGLE, ERASE ALL MISTAKES, ASK FOR A NEW SHEET IF NECESSARY

MAKE XS OR CHECK MARKS IN EACH BOX

QUESTION 7

YOUR TEST ANSWER SHEET HAS SPACES FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR OWN LETTER IN FOR YOUR ANSWER.

DO YOU WRITE IN UPPERCASE OR LOWER CASE?

LEGIBLY IN UPPERCASE

LOWER CASE

QUESTION 8

IF YOUR NAME ISNT WRITTEN ON THE TEST SHEET AND/OR YOU TURN YOUR SHEET IN TO THE WRONG GRADING STATION YOU WILL ______.

FAIL AND BE NUKED

PASS AND HAVE A LIFETIME MADE FOR TV MOMENT

QUESTION 9

MOST PEOPLE WHO SUFFER INJURIES ON THE BATTLEFIELD CAN NOT BE SAVED BY COMBAT LIFESAVING EFFORTS. TRUE OR FALSE?

*hint: The medic already said the answer to #1 is A

TRUE

FALSE

QUESTION 10

WHAT WOULD KILL YOU THE FASTEST?

BLEEDING UNCONTROLLABLY

HOLDING YOUR BREATH

GERMS

NOT BEING ABLE TO BREATHE EASILY

INFECTION

QUESTION 11

ARE COMBAT LIFESAVERS SURGEONS?

NO

YES

QUESTION 12

IF YOURE ASKED A QUESTION AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE ANSWERS THAT COULD BE CORRECT WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

EVALUATE THE RESPONSES AND CHOOSE THE BEST ONE

PICK ONE AT RANDOM

QUESTION 13

IF YOURE ASKED A QUESTION AND YOU DONT KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHT AWAY WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

ELIMINATE THE RESPONSES THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY REDICULOUS AND SELECT THE BEST CHOICE FROM WHAT REMAINS

CRY BECAUSE DS JABER WILL NUKE YOU

QUESTION 14

WHICH OF THESE LISTS ALL THREE PHASES OF TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE?

CARE UNDER FIRE, TACTICAL FIELD CARE, TACTICAL FIELD EXTRACTION

CARE UNDER FIRE, TACTICAL FIELD CARE, TACTICAL MOBILE SURGICAL CARE

CARE UNDER FIRE, TACTICAL FIELD CARE, TACTICAL EVACUATION

CARE UNDER FIRE, TACTICAL FIELD CARE, EVACUATION CARE

NONE OF THE ABOVE

QUESTION 15

ARE COMBAT LIFESAVERS MEDICAL SOLDIERS?

NO

YES

QUESTION 16

IS COMBAT LIFESAVING A SECONDARY OR PRIMARY MISSION

SECONDARY

PRIMARY

QUESTION 17

YOURE BEING SHOT AT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

RETURN FIRE AND SEEK COVER

SOB HYSTERICALLY

QUESTION 18

YOURE BEING SHOT AT BUT YOURE INJURED.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

RETURN FIRE AND SEEK COVER

SOB HYSTERICALLY

PATCH YOURSELF UP

QUESTION 19

YOURE BEING SHOT AT BUT YOUR BUDDY IS INJURED.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

RETURN FIRE AND SEEK COVER

SOB HYSTERICALLY

RUN AFTER HIM/HER LIKE ANIMAL MOTHER IN FULL METAL JACKET, GET SHOT, AND FURTHER ENDANGER YOUR MISSION

QUESTION 19

YOUR DRILL SERGEANT TELLS YOU THAT PASSING THE COMBAT LIFESAVER COURSE EXAMINATION IS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. YOU DONT PAY ATTENTION, STUDY, OR ATTEMPT TO SUCCEED AND FAIL.

WILL YOU GRADUATE?

NO

YES

QUESTION 20

YOUR DRILL SERGEANT TELLS YOU KEEP FIRING. DO YOU?

NO

YES

QUESTION 21

WHAT IS CARE UNDER FIRE?

PROVIDING LIFESAVING MEASURES WHILE UNDER ENEMY FIRE AND NOT BEHIND COVER

A BAD TELEVISION SHOW

QUESTION 22

YOUR BUDDY WAS BLEEDING BUT NOW HE ISNT BECAUSE YOURE A GOOD COMBAT LIFESAVER. HES SITTING UP, BSING WITH YOU, AND NOT HAVING ANY TROUBLE BREATHING AT ALL.

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO TO HELP HIM?

STAB HIM IN THE CHEST WITH A NEEDLE

FORCE HIM TO LET YOU SHOVE A TUBE UP HIS NOSTRIL

PUT A TOURNIQUET ON HIM TO MAKE HIM FEEL MORE PAIN

GIVE HIM A PILL PACK TO REDUCE PAIN, INFLAMMATION, AND CHANCE OF INFECTION

QUESTION 23

IF YOUR BUDDY HAS NO PULSE WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

DECLARE HIM DEAD DOC

TREAT HIM HOPING THAT MAGICALLY HIS HEART BEATS AGAIN

GIVE HIM CPR

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TREAT HIM

QUESTION 24

YOU JUST WALKED UP TO A CASUALTY AND SEE NO OBVIOUS WOUNDS.

WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST?

CHECK HIS WALLET FOR CASH

DETERMINE HIS CONSCIOUSNESS BY ASKING HIM IF HES OKAY

QUESTION 25

AVPU IS AN ACRONYM. IT MEANS

ALERT, VERBAL, PAIN, UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE

A VERY PRETTY UNICORN

QUESTION 26

YOUR PATIENT TELLS YOU HIS NAME THEN GRIPES FOREVER AND EVER ABOUT HOW BAD BEING SHOT ACTUALLY HURTS

ALERT

VERBAL

PAIN

UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE

QUESTION 27

A PATIENT WONT TALK OR TWITCH WHEN YOU YELL AT HIM BUT IF YOU DIG YOUR KNUCKLE INTO HIS STERNUM HE TWITCHES A LITTLE BIT

ALERT

VERBAL

PAIN

UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE

QUESTION 28

YOU JUST FOUND AN OPEN HOLE IN SOMEONES CHEST FROM A BULLET.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

SEAL IT THEN LOOK FOR EXIT WOUNDS

CHECK HIS WALLET FOR CASH

QUESTION 29

YOU ARE ON A 4 MAN LITTER BEARING TEAM.

WHEN PICKING THE LITTER UP, HOW SHOULD YOUR KNEES BE PLACED?

THE KNEE CLOSEST TO THE LITTER ON THE GROUND AND THE OTHER IN THE AIR TO GIVE THE WIDEST POSSIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT AND PREVENT LOSSES OF BALANCE

FALSE

QUESTION 30

YOU FIND A MYSTERY OBJECT LODGED IN SOMEONES THIGH. HOW DO YOU TREAT IT?

PUSH IT IN THEREBY MAKING IT DAMAGE MORE TISSUE

PULL IT OUT THEREBY DAMAGING MORE TISSUE

USING SCISSORS TO CUT THE OBJECT FLUSH TO THE SKIN

WAD GAUZE/DRESSING MATERIAL AROUND THE WOUND AND SECURE IT WITH TAPE

QUESTION 31

WHAT IS KAOLIN?

WHAT OBJECT IN YOUR CLS BAG HAS KAOLIN?

KAOLIN FOUGHT GODZILLA; NONE.HE WOULDNT FIT

A HEMOSTATIC (MEANING STOP BLOOD) AGENT THAT CLOTS BLOOD ON CONTACT; COMBAT GAUZE

QUESTION 32

WHAT DOES THE NURSE ASK YOU TO DO WHEN THEY WITHDRAW THE NEEDLE FROM YOUR VEIN AFTER DRAWING BLOOD?

USE YOUR FINGER TO HOLD AND PUT PRESSURE ON A COTTON BALL TO HELP STOP THE BLOOD FLOW

DROP TROU

QUESTION 33

A BLEEDING WOUND HAS BEEN CONTROLLED WITH AN EMERGENCY BANDAGE. WHAT ELSE COULD BE DONE TO HELP IT IF THE PATIENT IS CONSCIOUS?

HAVE HIM APPLY MANUAL PRESSURE

MAKE HIM DO THE YMCA DANCE

QUESTION 34

TOURNIQUETS GO?

ON THE BLEEDING EXTREMITY, TWO INCHES ABOVE THE INJURY SITE, NOT ON ANY JOINT

AROUND THE NECK

QUESTION 35

IMPROVISED TOURNIQUET BANDS SHOULD BE ABOUT HOW MANY INCHES WIDE?

TWO INCHES

THIS ONE HAS TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE LAST ANSWER WAS TWO INCHES TOO

QUESTION 36

HOW MANY INCHES ON EACH SIDE OF A WOUND MUST AN AIR TIGHT SEAL MATERIAL EXTEND?

TWO INCHES

NO EFFIN WAY

QUESTION 37

ARE YOU NOTICING A TREND?

IF YOURE UNSURE ABOUT A MEASUREMENT RELATED QUESTION WHAT SHOULD YOU CHOOSE?

YES; 2 INCHES

YES; WAIT WHAT WAS THE QUESTION

NO; I WAS ASLEEP

QUESTION 38

SHOULD YOU EVER WRITE ON YOUR CASUALTYS FOREHEAD?

NO

YES, IF YOU USE A TOURNIQUET, WRITE A T AND THE TIME THAT YOU APPLIED IT USING A MARKER OR BLOOD

YES, IF YOU USE A TOURNIQUET WRITE A T

QUESTION 39

WHAT IS THE HEAD TILT CHIN LIFT?

A WRESTLING MOVE MADE FAMOUS BY THE FABULOUS MOOLAH

A METHOD OF TILTING THE PATIENTS HEAD BACK SIMULTANOUSLY LIFTING HIS CHIN TO OPEN THE AIRWAY

QUESTION 40

SHOULD WE LET IT GO WHEN LOOKING LISTENING AND FEELING?

NO, THE AIRWAY MIGHT CLOSE AGAINDUH!

YES, YOU NEED BOTH HANDS FREE SO YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CHEST, LISTEN FOR THE FLOW OF AIR, AND FEEL AIR ON YOUR FACE/EAR

QUESTION 41

EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE OPTION TO INSERT A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY, WHAT ARE YOU ESSENTIALLY DOING?

INSERTING A PRETTY SIZEABLE TUBE INTO SOMEONES NOSE THAT MAKES IT LESS LIKELY THAT THEIR AIRWAY WILL BECOME BLOCKED OR IMPEDED

I AM UNABLE TO READ AND THEREFORE DONT UNDERSTAND

QUESTION 42

WHAT ARE THREE REASONS YOUD USE A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY?

PATIENT IS UNCONSCIOUS BUT BREATHING ON HIS OWN

PATIENT IS CONSCIOUS BUT MAKING SNORING/GURGLING SOUNDS

PATIENT IS BREATHING AT A RATE OF LESS THAN 2 BREATHS EVERY 15 SECONDS

ANSWERS C AND B

ANSWERS A AND B

ANSWERS C AND A

ALL OF THE ABOVE

ANSWERS A, B, AND G

ANSWERS D, E, A, AND F

ANSWERS H, E, A, AND D

ANSWERS A, B, AND C

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QUESTION 43

WHILE TREATING CASUALTIES YOU PLACE THEM ON THEIR _____?

BACKS

CHESTS

SIDES

HEADS

INJURED SIDE

NON INJURED SIDE

FEET

HANDS

FRONT LEANING REST

QUESTION 44

WHILE LEAVING YOUR CASUALTY FOR ANY REASON YOU PLACE THEM ON THEIR _____?

BACKS

CHESTS

SIDES

HEADS

INJURED SIDE

NON INJURED SIDE

FEET

HANDS

FRONT LEANING REST

QUESTION 45

YOUR CASUALTY IS CONSCIOUS AND HAS AN INJURY TO ONE SIDE OF HIS CHEST. YOU JUST FINISHED TREATING THEM. YOU CAN PLACE THEM ON THEIR _____?

BACKS

CHESTS

SIDES

HEADS

INJURED SIDE

NON INJURED SIDE

FEET

HANDS

SITTING UP

BOTH E AND I

QUESTION 46

RESCUE BREATHING IS LIKE CPR BUT WITHOUT THE CHEST COMPRESSIONS.

ITS EASY TO REMEMBER BY MEMORIZING THESE THREE NUMBERS

1:5:12. ONE BREATH EVERY 5 SECONDS AND AFTER 12 BREATHS CHECK PULSE

911. IF YOU HAVE TO PERFORM RESCUE BREATHING YOU MUST CALL 911

QUESTION 47

YOURE GOING TO INSERT A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY.

WHAT SHOULD YOU USE TO LUBRICATE IT?

STERILE WATER OR LUBRICATING JELLY

GASOLINE

ALCOHOL

SALIVA

NOTHING

BATTERY ACID

QUESTION 48

SITUATION: YOU HAVE TWO BALLOONS. YOU BLOW THEM UP BUT INSTEAD OF TYING KNOTS IN THEM YOU HOLD THE OPENINGS IN YOUR FISTS AND HOLD THEM IN FRONT OF YOUR CHEST, ONE ON EACH SIDE).

YOU JUST GOT SHOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR CHEST.

WHICH BALLOON IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO COLLAPSE?

THE RIGHT ONE

THE LEFT ONE

BOTH OF THEM

QUESTION 49

SITUATION: YOU HAVE TWO BALLOONS. YOU BLOW THEM UP BUT INSTEAD OF TYING KNOTS IN THEM YOU HOLD THE OPENINGS IN YOUR FISTS AND HOLD THEM IN FRONT OF YOUR CHEST, ONE ON EACH SIDE).

YOU JUST GOT SHOT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR CHEST.

WHICH BALLOON IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO COLLAPSE?

THE RIGHT ONE

THE LEFT ONE

BOTH OF THEM

QUESTION 50

WHEN YOU GET A TIRE PATCHED AFTER BEING PUNCTURED BY SOMETHING, IS THE PATCH APPLIED WHEN THE TIRE IS FULLY INFLATED OR WHEN ITS DEFLATED?

FULLY INFLATED

FULLY DEFLATED

QUESTION 50 AND A HALF

YOUR DRILL SERGEANT TELLS YOU THAT PASSING THE COMBAT LIFESAVER COURSE EXAMINATION IS A GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. YOU DONT PAY ATTENTION, STUDY, OR ATTEMPT TO SUCCEED AND FAIL.

WILL YOU GRADUATE?

NO

YES

QUESTION 51

WHEN SEALING AN OPEN CHEST WOUND, WHEN DO YOU APPLY THE SEAL?

AFTER THE PATIENT HAS INHALED

AFTER THE PATIENT HAS EXHALED

QUESTION 52

IF YOU HAD TO USE TAPE TO SEAL A MATERIAL CUT INTO ONE OF THESE SHAPES, WHICH WOULD BE EASIEST TO TAPE QUICKLY?

RECTANGLE OR SQUARE

CIRCLE

QUESTION 53

WHEN USING A SEALED CONTAINER TO STORE FOOD IN THE FRIDGE, IS THE CONTAINER SEALED IF ALL OF THE SIDES OF THE LID ARENT SECURE?

NO

YES

QUESTION 54

WHEN TAPING AN AIR TIGHT CHEST SEAL FOR AN OPEN CHEST WOUND SHOULD YOU.

TAPE DOWN ALL FOUR SIDES

TAPE DOWN ONE SIDE

TAPE DOWN TWO SIDES

TAPE DOWN THREE SIDES

MAKE AN X PATTERN OF TAPE AND CALL IT GOOD

QUESTION 55

MID-CLAVICULAR LINE MEANS AND IMAGINARY LINE RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CLAVICLE.

WHAT OTHER EASY TO REMEMBER BODY PART IS ON THE MID CLAVICULAR LINE?

FINGER

NIPPLE

QUESTION 56

AN INTERCOSTAL SPACE (ICS) IS THE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR RIB BONES. THE FIRST ICS IS BETWEEN YOUR FIRST AND SECOND RIB. THE SECOND ICS IS BETWEEN YOUR SECOND AND _________.

SECOND

FIRST

THIRD

FOURTH

QUESTION 57

YOU HAVE NERVES AND IMPORTANT VEINS DIRECTLY UNDER THE BOTTOM OF EACH RIB.

IF STABBED IN THAT LOCATION YOU WOULD BLEED A LOT AND IT WOULD HURT A LOT

SHOULD YOU INSERT A GIANT NEEDLE JUST ABOVE THE RIB OR JUST BELOW IT?

ABOVE

BELOW

QUESTION 58

THE NEEDLE SHOULD BE INSERTED JUST ABOVE WHAT RIB?

HINT: IT GOES ON THE SECOND ICS MCL

THIRD

FOURTH

SECOND

IM LOST AND NEED A PICTURE TO ENVISION IT

QUESTION 59

YOU NEED TO WRITE A DATE ON A MEDICAL FORM IN A FORMAT WHERE IT IS IN ORDER FROM THE LARGEST UNIT OF TIME TO THE SMALLEST UNIT OF TIME.

WHICH IS RIGHT?

DD/MM/YY

YY/DD/MM

MM/DD/YY

YY/MM/DD

QUESTION 60

YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT AND AFTER EATING YOU GET A RECIEPT. THERE ARE TWO COPIES. ONE IS THE ORIGINAL ONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY SIGN. THE OTHER IS A DUPLICATE. WHICH ONE IS YOURS TO KEEP?

ORIGINAL

DUPLICATE

QUESTION 61

THERE IS AN IMPORTANT FORM FOR YOUR PATIENT CALLED A FIELD MEDICAL CARD. HE NEEDS THE ORIGINAL BUT YOU ALSO NEED A COPY. CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH THERE IS A CARBON COPY JUST BELOW IT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

TAKE THE CARBON COPY DUPLICATE

TAKE THE ORIGINAL

TAKE THEM BOTH

BRISKLY RUB YOUR KNUCKLE INTO HIS BREASTBONE

SUMMON CAPTAIN PLANET

QUESTION 62

A FIELD MEDICAL CARD HAS BUILT IN WIRES AT THE TOP OF THE ORIGINAL FORM DESIGNED TO ATTACH THE FORM TO THE PATIENTS CLOTHING WHEN THEYRE BEING EVACUATED.

YOUR PATIENT IS BEING EVACUATED, WHERE SHOULD YOU PLACE HIS FIELD MEDICAL CARD?

ATTACH THE ORIGINAL TO HIS CLOTHING AND KEEP THE DUPLICATE

ATTACH THE DUPLICATE TO HIS CLOTHING USING MAGIC BECAUSE THERE IS NO WIRE AND KEEP THE ORIGINAL

DONT USE THE WIRE DESIGNED TO ATTACH THE FORM TO HIS CLOTHING AND JUST STUFF IT IN HIS POCKET

QUESTION 63

A TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE CARD IS A CARD THAT IS MUCH EASIER TO USE, IS SMALLER, AND HAS NO WIRE TO ATTACH TO CLOTHING.

WHERE SHOULD YOU PUT THE CARD?

USE THE WIRE TO ATTACH IT TO CLOTHING

TAPE IT TO HIS CHEST

GIVE IT TO THE PERSON FLYING THE HELICOPTER

PUT IT IN HIS LEFT TROUSER OR SLEEVE POCKET SO IT DOESNT GET LOST DURING THE EXCHANGE

QUESTION 64

HOW MANY LINES ARE THERE IN A NINE LINE MEDEVAC REQUEST?

NINE

FALSE

QUESTION 65

A PROWORD IS A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS TOOL THAT USES ONE WORD THAT MEANS A PHRASE TO MAKE COMMUNICATIONS CLEARER AND SHORTER

TRUE

FALSE

QUESTION 66

THE PROWORD BREAK MEANS

I NEED TO SEPARATE TWO OR MORE THINGS THAT I NEED TO SAY SO YOU CAN INTERPRET THEM BETTER

ITS TIME TO SIT DOWN AND DO NOTHING

QUESTION 67

THE PROWORD WILCO MEANS

I WILL COMPLY

ALL OF THE ABOVE

QUESTION 68

THE PROWORD CORRECTION MEANS

I JUST MADE A VERBAL MISTAKE AND AM IMMEDIATELY GOING TO SAY WHAT I REALLY MEANT

SOMETHING THAT TEENAGE MALES GET AT RANDOM

QUESTION 69

YOU ARE SENDING A NINE LINE MEDEVAC REQUEST. YOU KNOW THAT YOU MUST SEND THE FIRST 5 LINES IN ORDER FOR THE MEDEVAC MISSION TO BEGIN.

WHAT LINES MUST BE SENT BEFORE THE MEDEVAC MISSION CAN BEGIN?

LINES 6 9

LINES 1 5

ALL MUST BE SENT

QUESTION 70

YOU KNOW THAT LINE 9 IN A WAR TIME MEDEVAC REQUEST IS NBC CONTAMINATION. YOU ALSO KNOW THAT YOU DONT HAVE TO TRANSMIT LINE 9 IF IT DOESNT APPLY.

WHAT LINE IN A MEDEVAC REQUEST MAY BE OMITTED IF IT DOESNT APPLY?

9

1

2

5

8

QUESTION 71

WHAT PROWORD DO YOU USE TO SEPARATE BREVITY CODES?

*A BREVITY CODE IS A SHORT HAND WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING SUCH AS ALPHA FOR AMBULATORY AND LIMA FOR LITTER

BREAK

ROGER, ROGER

WILCO

JUST PAUSE AND SAY NOTHING

QUESTION 72

ON VICTORY TOWER YOU USED ROPE TO MAKE A SWISS SEAT HARNESS. IT TIED AROUND YOUR WAISTLINE, TORSO, AND LOWER EXTREMITIES.

WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU TIE AROUND YOUR TORSO AND LOWER EXTREMITIES UNDER YOUR BODY ARMOR THAT ALLOWS YOUR BUDDIES TO DRAG YOU?

DRAGON HARNESS

A LITTER

A RAT STRAP

QUESTION 73

WHAT IS EASIER?

CARRYING A BUDDY OVER BOTH SHOULDERS LIKE A FIREMAN

CARRYING THEM WITH AN ARM SLUNG OVER ONE SHOULDER SO MOST OF THEIR WEIGHT IS ON YOUR UPPER BACK

QUESTION 74

IF YOU CUT ONE OF MY PONCHOS THAT I ISSUED YOU I WILL______.

KILL YOU

BE PERFECTLY OKAY WITH THE FACT THAT YOU DESTROYED OR DAMAGED GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, NOT TO MENTION MADE IT WEAKER

QUESTION 75

WHAT HOLDS MORE WEIGHT? SOMETHING FOLDED INTO THIRDS ON POLES SO THAT THERE ARE THREE LAYERS SUPPORTING WEIGHT OR SOMETHING ROLLED ON TWO POLES SO THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE LAYER.

FOLD INTO THIRDS

ROLL ON POLES FOR ONE LAYER THAT COULDNT POSSIBLY BE STRONGER AND MORE STURDY IN COMPARISON TO THREE LAYERS

QUESTION 76

WHERE DO LEADERS STAND ON A LITTER BEARING TEAM?

NEAR THE CASUALTYS RIGHT SHOULDER

NEAR THE CASUALTYS LEFT SHOULDER

NEAR THE CASUALTYS FEET SO HE CANT SEE THE PATIENT AND CANT MAKE LEADERSHIP DECISIONS

QUESTION 77

IS THERE EVER A REASON THAT YOU MIGHT REMOVE A TOURNIQUET AFTER REEVALUATING IT?

NO, IT CAN NEVER BE REMOVED EXCEPT BY A DOCTOR

YES IF YOU DONT LIKE THE PATIENT

YES IF THE TOURNIQUET WAS APPLIED DURING CARE UNDER FIRE AND YOUVE APPLIED SOME OTHER DRESSING THAT MAY CONTROL THE BLEEDING BETTER

QUESTION 78

DOES THE BENT LEG RAISE EXERCISE STRESS THE ABDOMINALS?

WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THE EXERCISE/POSITION TO SOMEONE WHO HAD AN ABDOMINAL WOUND?

NO; YES

YES; HELL NO

YES; YES

NO; NO

QUESTION 79

WHAT IS MORE RELAXING?

SITTING IN A METAL FOLDING CHAIR

SITTING IN A LAZY BOY CHAIR WITH THE LEGS ELEVATED

QUESTION 80

IF YOUR CASUALTY IS GOING INTO SHOCK AFTER RECEIVING A WOUND THAT ISNT ON THE ABDOMEN, HOW SHOULD YOU POSITION THEM?

PROP THEIR LEGS UP ON A FIELD PACK OR HELMET TO ELEVATE THEM ABOVE HIS HEART

LAY HIM ON HIS BACK WITH HIS LEGS BENT LIKE HES GOING TO DO A SIT UP

QUESTION 81

CAN YOU PUT A BAND AID ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD?

CAN YOU PUT AN EMERGENCY BANDAGE ON YOUR SCALP?

NO; NO

YES; YES

YES; NO

QUESTION 82

A KRAVAT IS A PIECE OF CLOTH THAT IS USED TO MAKE IMPROVISED TREATMENT ITEMS LIKE TOURNIQUETS, DRESSINGS, AND SPLINT TIES.

TO STOP BLEEDING YOU MUST PUT PRESSURE WHERE?

ON THE WOUND

ON YOURSELF

QUESTION 83

TO PUT PRESSURE ON A WOUND ITS BEST TO TIE THE KNOT _______.

ABOVE THE WOUND

BELOW THE WOUND

TO THE SIDE OF THE WOUND

DIRECTLY ON THE WOUND

QUESTION 84

WHO NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE A TOURNIQUET IS?

EVERYONE TREATING OR EVERYONE THAT MAY POTENTIALLY TREAT THE CASUALTY

THE CASUALTY

QUESTION 85

SHOULD YOU EVER COVER A TOURNIQUET?

NO. IT NEEDS TO BE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE AND COVERING IT MAY CAUSE IT TO SHIFT AND THE CAUSUALTY MAY POTENTIALLY BLEED OUT

YES ESPECIALLY IF THE GUY IS FREAKING OUT

QUESTION 86

FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS AND TELL ME WHICH ONE IS MOST COMFORTABLE

1

2

3

4

QUESTION 87

IF YOURE GOING TO USE A NASOPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY, WHICH NOSTRIL DO YOU TRY FIRST?

FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER!

GET THIS QUESTION RIGHT!

RIGHT ONE

LEFT ONE

QUESTION 88

SOME SCHMUCK THATS NEVER RIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING.EVER.TELLS YOU THAT YOU NEED TWO POLES TO MAKE A LITTER.

IS THIS SCHMUCK WHOS NEVER RIGHT ABOUT ANYTHING CORRECT?

NO

YES

QUESTION 89

YOURE POSITIVE THAT YOU JUST DESTROYED THIS TEST.

WHAT SHOULD YOU DO BEFORE SUBMITTING IT?

ENSURE YOUVE ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS, CLEANLY ERASED ALL MISTAKES, ENSURE YOUR NAME/PLT/COMPANY IS ON IT, ENSURE YOU WROTE THE RIGHT VERSION OF THE TEST YOU TOOK, AND DOUBLE CHECK AT LEAST EVERY 5 ANSWERS TO ENSURE THAT YOU DIDNT ACCIDENTALLY SKIP A QUESTION

DO NOTHING

QUESTION 90

YOURE ABOUT READY TO TURN IN YOUR ANSWER SHEET. ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO A MEDIC YOUVE NEVER MET BEFORE BRIEFED YOU WHICH TABLE TO TURN YOUR TEST VERSION IN AT BUT YOU FORGOT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?

ASK THE DRILL SERGEANT AT THE TABLE WHAT EDITION OF THE TEST (S)HES GRADING TO ENSURE YOURE TURNING IT IN TO THE RIGHT SPOT

DO NOTHING AND HOPE FOR THE BEST