# Answers

### What is the difference between TFC and CUF?

Tactical Field Care is the care rendered once the combat medic/corpsman and casualty are no longer under direct threat from effective enemy fire. This allows for the time and the relative safety for a more deliberate approach to casualty assessment and treatment.

### True or False: During TFC, the tactical situation could change back to CUF again at any time?

True

### What is MARCH PAWS?

In the Tactical Field Care phase, the MARCH PAWS sequence is followed for a more deliberate approach to the assessment and treatment of casualties than was possible during Care Under Fire. A full tactical trauma assessment should follow the steps of the MARCH PAWS sequence.

### What is triage?

Triage is the deliberate sorting of casualties and allocation of limited treatment resources according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors on the battlefield.

### What is a CCP?

The Casualty Collection Point (CCP) is a location on the battlefield for the triage, treatment and monitoring, and the packaging/staging of casualties for evacuation. The CCP should be established reasonably close to the fight where casualties are likely to occur, be near natural “lines of drift”, provide relative cover and concealment from the enemy whenever possible, and have access to evacuation routes.