LESSON EXERCISES: LESSON 1
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the letter of the response
that best answers the question or best completes the sentence or by writing the answer
in the space provided.
After you have answered all of the exercises, check your answers against the
"Solutions to Lesson Exercises" at the end of the exercises. For each exercise
answered incorrectly, reread the lesson material referenced.
1.
Of the deaths that occur during ground combat, about what percent die before
reaching a medical treatment facility?
a. 10 percent.
b. 20 percent.
c.
50 percent.
d. 90 percent.
2.
Your unit is in ground combat. You see a soldier fall as though he has been shot.
Your primary duty is to:
a. Continue firing at the enemy.
b. Stop firing and go to the fallen soldier.
3.
Of the following types of deaths occurring during ground combat and before
reaching a medical treatment facility, select the type of preventable death from
which more soldiers died.
a. Tension pneumothorax.
b. Blocked airway.
c.
Bleeding from wounds to the extremities.
d. Heart attack.
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