Flashcards: Battlefield Tactical Casualty Care Fundamentals — 10 cards

TCCC — definition?

Battlefield standard for prehospital care.

Care Under Fire — focus?

Return fire, seek cover, tourniquet only.

Tourniquet placement — method?

High and Tight over clothing.

MARCH — steps?

Massive hemorrhage, Airway, Respiration, Circulation, Head/Hypothermia.

Tactical Evacuation Care — start?

When casualty is loaded into transport.

TACEVAC — priorities?

Monitoring, analgesia, fracture fixation, documentation.

CUF — key principle?

Fire superiority is the best medicine.

Resource use — first?

Casualty’s IFAK, then medic’s kit.

Unit interaction — report?

Casualty status and evacuation needs.

Medic safety — rule?

Never expose without cover; avoid increasing casualties.