HOSA CERT SKILLS EVALUATION EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When conducting a head to toe assesment CERTs shoudl always check for.. - ✔✔-
PMS (Pulse, Movement, Sensation) in all extremities
- Medical ID emblems
✔✔Superficial Burn - ✔✔- Epidermis affected (outermost layer of the skin)
- Reddend, dry skin
- Pain
- Swelling (possible)
✔✔Partial Thickness Burn - ✔✔- Complete destructions of epidermis and parital
destruction of the dermis
- Reddened, blistered skin
- Wet apperance
- Pain
- Swelling
✔✔Full thickness burn - ✔✔- Complete destructions of epidermis and dermis
- Some Subcutaneous (innermost layer of skin) damage
- Whitened, leather or charred (brown or black)
- Painful or relatively painless
✔✔Treating a burn - ✔✔Cool Skin or clothing
Cover loosely with dry, sterile dressing (Wrap fingers and toes loosely and individually)
Elevate burned extremities higher than the heart
DO NOT use ice
DO NOT apply antiseptics or ointments
DO NOT remove shreds of tissue or other stuff from the burn
✔✔Treating a Chemical Burn - ✔✔1. Protect yourself from contact with the substance
2. Remove and affected clothing or jewellery and gently brush away as much of the
irritant as possible
3. Use cool running water to flush the chemical from the skin for 15 minutes
4. Apply a cool, wet compress
5. Cover the wound loosely with a dry cloth
✔✔Symptoms from inhalation burns - ✔✔- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Evidence of respitory distress
- Soot aroudn the mouth or nose
- Singed facial hair
- Burns aroudn the face or neck
, ✔✔Difference between a dressing a bandage - ✔✔A dressing is applied directly to the
wound
A bandage holds hte dressign in place
✔✔Signs of an infection - ✔✔- Swelling around the wound
- discolouration
- Discharge from the wound
- Red striations from the wound site
✔✔Symptoms of hypothermia - ✔✔- A body temperature of 95 or lower
- Redness or blueness of the skin
- Numbness accompanied by shivering
- Slurred speech
- Unpredictable behaviour
- Listlessness
✔✔Recovery Position - ✔✔1. Place the survivor's arm that is nearest to you at a right
angle against the ground, with the palm facing up
2. Move the survivor's other arm across his or her chest and neck, with the back the
survivor's hand resting against his or her cheek
3. Grab hold of the knee furthest from you and pull it up until the knee is bent and the
foot is flat on the floor
4. Pull the knee towards you and over the survivor's body while holding the survirors
hand in place against his or her cheek
5. Position the survivor's leg at a right angle against the floor, so the survivor is lying on
his or her side
✔✔Treatments areas should be: - ✔✔- In a safe area that is close to, but uphill, upwind,
adn if possible upstream from the hazard area
- Accessiable by transportation vehicles
- Expandable
✔✔Dressing and bandaging - ✔✔- If there is no active bleeding, dressing must be
removed and the wound checked for infection
- If there is active bleeding a new dressign should be placed over the existing derssing
✔✔One-Person Arm Carry - ✔✔If the rescuer is physically able and the survivor is small
Reach around the survivors back and under the knees
✔✔Pack Strap Carry - ✔✔1. Stand with your back to the survivor
2. Place the survivor's arms over your shoulders and grab the hands infront of your
chest
3. Hoist them by bending slightly fowards until their feet just cleer the floor
✔✔Two Person Carry - ✔✔Rescuer 1:
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔When conducting a head to toe assesment CERTs shoudl always check for.. - ✔✔-
PMS (Pulse, Movement, Sensation) in all extremities
- Medical ID emblems
✔✔Superficial Burn - ✔✔- Epidermis affected (outermost layer of the skin)
- Reddend, dry skin
- Pain
- Swelling (possible)
✔✔Partial Thickness Burn - ✔✔- Complete destructions of epidermis and parital
destruction of the dermis
- Reddened, blistered skin
- Wet apperance
- Pain
- Swelling
✔✔Full thickness burn - ✔✔- Complete destructions of epidermis and dermis
- Some Subcutaneous (innermost layer of skin) damage
- Whitened, leather or charred (brown or black)
- Painful or relatively painless
✔✔Treating a burn - ✔✔Cool Skin or clothing
Cover loosely with dry, sterile dressing (Wrap fingers and toes loosely and individually)
Elevate burned extremities higher than the heart
DO NOT use ice
DO NOT apply antiseptics or ointments
DO NOT remove shreds of tissue or other stuff from the burn
✔✔Treating a Chemical Burn - ✔✔1. Protect yourself from contact with the substance
2. Remove and affected clothing or jewellery and gently brush away as much of the
irritant as possible
3. Use cool running water to flush the chemical from the skin for 15 minutes
4. Apply a cool, wet compress
5. Cover the wound loosely with a dry cloth
✔✔Symptoms from inhalation burns - ✔✔- Sudden loss of consciousness
- Evidence of respitory distress
- Soot aroudn the mouth or nose
- Singed facial hair
- Burns aroudn the face or neck
, ✔✔Difference between a dressing a bandage - ✔✔A dressing is applied directly to the
wound
A bandage holds hte dressign in place
✔✔Signs of an infection - ✔✔- Swelling around the wound
- discolouration
- Discharge from the wound
- Red striations from the wound site
✔✔Symptoms of hypothermia - ✔✔- A body temperature of 95 or lower
- Redness or blueness of the skin
- Numbness accompanied by shivering
- Slurred speech
- Unpredictable behaviour
- Listlessness
✔✔Recovery Position - ✔✔1. Place the survivor's arm that is nearest to you at a right
angle against the ground, with the palm facing up
2. Move the survivor's other arm across his or her chest and neck, with the back the
survivor's hand resting against his or her cheek
3. Grab hold of the knee furthest from you and pull it up until the knee is bent and the
foot is flat on the floor
4. Pull the knee towards you and over the survivor's body while holding the survirors
hand in place against his or her cheek
5. Position the survivor's leg at a right angle against the floor, so the survivor is lying on
his or her side
✔✔Treatments areas should be: - ✔✔- In a safe area that is close to, but uphill, upwind,
adn if possible upstream from the hazard area
- Accessiable by transportation vehicles
- Expandable
✔✔Dressing and bandaging - ✔✔- If there is no active bleeding, dressing must be
removed and the wound checked for infection
- If there is active bleeding a new dressign should be placed over the existing derssing
✔✔One-Person Arm Carry - ✔✔If the rescuer is physically able and the survivor is small
Reach around the survivors back and under the knees
✔✔Pack Strap Carry - ✔✔1. Stand with your back to the survivor
2. Place the survivor's arms over your shoulders and grab the hands infront of your
chest
3. Hoist them by bending slightly fowards until their feet just cleer the floor
✔✔Two Person Carry - ✔✔Rescuer 1:
