HOSA CERT SKILLS COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Four types of fire extinguishers - ✔✔1. Water
2. Dry chemical
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. Specialized fire extinguishers
✔✔Operating a fire extinguisher - ✔✔Remember PASS
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep
✔✔Placecards - ✔✔The NFPA diamond place card is found in facilities where
hazardous materials are used or stored.
The diamond is divided into coloured quadrants, each with a number ranging from 1-4 in
it. This indicates the degree of risk.
✔✔Red Quadrant - ✔✔Materials flamability
✔✔Blue quadrant - ✔✔Health hazard
✔✔Yellow Quadrant - ✔✔Reactivity
✔✔White Quadrant - ✔✔Special Precautions:
W = unusually reactive with water
OX = oxidizing
ACID = acid
ALK = base
COR = corrosive
Symbol that looks like a fan = radioactive
✔✔What are the three types of bleeding? - ✔✔1. Arterial(arteries)-spurt
2. Venous(veins)-flow
3.Capillary(capillaries)-ooze
✔✔How do you tie a tourniquet? - ✔✔1. Place between wound and heart
2. Tie material around limb
3. Place stick/pen/ruler etc. on limb and tie knot around
4.Use stick to twist knot tighter until bleeding stops
5.Tie ends around limb
6.Mark patient
7.Never take it off
, ✔✔3 triaging steps (ABS) - ✔✔Airway
Bleeding
Shock
✔✔4 triage categories - ✔✔Immediate (I)-red tag, life-threatening
Delayed (D)-yellow tag, can wait but requires professional help
Minor (M)-green tag, can walk
Dead (D)- Black tag
✔✔Signs of a closed head, neck, or spinal injury - ✔✔-change in consciousness
-can't move body parts
-pain or pressure in neck, head, or back
-tingling or numbness in extremities
-difficulty breathing or seeing
-bleeding, bruising, or deformity of head/spine
-blood or fluid in nose or ears
-bruises behind ear
-racoon eyes
-seizures
-nausea
-under collapsed debris
✔✔Elevation level - ✔✔wound above heart
✔✔3 main methods to control bleeding - ✔✔-direct pressure
-elevation
-pressure points
✔✔Triage in disaster environment - ✔✔1. Stop, look, think
2. Call out "Community Emergency Response Team. If you can walk come to the sound
of my voice." -tag people green who come
3.Start where you are and follow a systematic route
4. Tag victims
5. Treat immediate victims (red tag)
6. Document locations of patients and # of casualties
✔✔Direct Pressure - ✔✔-Press clean dressing firmly over wound
-Wrap with pressure bandage and tie with bow
-Should take 5-7 minutes to stop
✔✔Pressure points - ✔✔-Put pressure on nearest point to stop flow
-Brachial point for arm bleeding (inner elbow)
-Femeral point for leg (upper thigh)
-Popliteal point for lower leg (inner back of knee cap)
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Four types of fire extinguishers - ✔✔1. Water
2. Dry chemical
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. Specialized fire extinguishers
✔✔Operating a fire extinguisher - ✔✔Remember PASS
Pull
Aim
Squeeze
Sweep
✔✔Placecards - ✔✔The NFPA diamond place card is found in facilities where
hazardous materials are used or stored.
The diamond is divided into coloured quadrants, each with a number ranging from 1-4 in
it. This indicates the degree of risk.
✔✔Red Quadrant - ✔✔Materials flamability
✔✔Blue quadrant - ✔✔Health hazard
✔✔Yellow Quadrant - ✔✔Reactivity
✔✔White Quadrant - ✔✔Special Precautions:
W = unusually reactive with water
OX = oxidizing
ACID = acid
ALK = base
COR = corrosive
Symbol that looks like a fan = radioactive
✔✔What are the three types of bleeding? - ✔✔1. Arterial(arteries)-spurt
2. Venous(veins)-flow
3.Capillary(capillaries)-ooze
✔✔How do you tie a tourniquet? - ✔✔1. Place between wound and heart
2. Tie material around limb
3. Place stick/pen/ruler etc. on limb and tie knot around
4.Use stick to twist knot tighter until bleeding stops
5.Tie ends around limb
6.Mark patient
7.Never take it off
, ✔✔3 triaging steps (ABS) - ✔✔Airway
Bleeding
Shock
✔✔4 triage categories - ✔✔Immediate (I)-red tag, life-threatening
Delayed (D)-yellow tag, can wait but requires professional help
Minor (M)-green tag, can walk
Dead (D)- Black tag
✔✔Signs of a closed head, neck, or spinal injury - ✔✔-change in consciousness
-can't move body parts
-pain or pressure in neck, head, or back
-tingling or numbness in extremities
-difficulty breathing or seeing
-bleeding, bruising, or deformity of head/spine
-blood or fluid in nose or ears
-bruises behind ear
-racoon eyes
-seizures
-nausea
-under collapsed debris
✔✔Elevation level - ✔✔wound above heart
✔✔3 main methods to control bleeding - ✔✔-direct pressure
-elevation
-pressure points
✔✔Triage in disaster environment - ✔✔1. Stop, look, think
2. Call out "Community Emergency Response Team. If you can walk come to the sound
of my voice." -tag people green who come
3.Start where you are and follow a systematic route
4. Tag victims
5. Treat immediate victims (red tag)
6. Document locations of patients and # of casualties
✔✔Direct Pressure - ✔✔-Press clean dressing firmly over wound
-Wrap with pressure bandage and tie with bow
-Should take 5-7 minutes to stop
✔✔Pressure points - ✔✔-Put pressure on nearest point to stop flow
-Brachial point for arm bleeding (inner elbow)
-Femeral point for leg (upper thigh)
-Popliteal point for lower leg (inner back of knee cap)
