HOSA CERT SKILLS TEST PAPER 2026/2027 QUESTIONS
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔SALT TRIAGE- Step 2- Individual Assessment
MINIMAL - ✔✔Minor injuries
-has a peripheral pulse?
-breathing normal?
-hemorrhage is controlled?
-follows commands or makes purposeful movements?
-injuries are minor and require little to no care?
If YES TO ALL, MINIMAL
✔✔SALT Triage Colors - ✔✔Immediate- RED
Delayed- YELLOW
Minimal- GREEN
Expectant- GREY
Dead- BLACK
✔✔FIRST AID- What do you do in bleeding emergencies? - ✔✔-Severe bleeding, call
911
-locate bleeding control kit, first aid, and AED
-instruction card, gauze roll, hemostatic dressing, windlass rod tourniquet, gauze pads,
elasticized wrap, scissors (trauma shears)
✔✔FIRST AID- What is considered Life Threatening Bleeding? - ✔✔-blood is
continuously flowing/spurting
-volume is more then 1/2 a soda can
✔✔FIRST AID-Bleeding Emergencies
What do you check? - ✔✔CHECK- safety of surroundings, people involved, threatening
conditions, anyone else available for help,
Obtain Consent- Tell them who you are, type/level training, and what you are going to
do. If they say no, stay with them until 911 arrives.
Implied Consent- Minor w no guardian present/person who is unresponsive/mentally
altered, proceed with help
✔✔FIRST AID- Bleeding Emergencies
Who do you call? - ✔✔CALL- 911
✔✔FIRST AID-Bleeding Emergencies
How do you care? - ✔✔CARE- try to wash hands and use gloves (replace for more
people)
Avoid touching hands/eyes/nose/mouth
Wash hands right after, but for life-threatening bleeding- don't wait for gloves
If no one is giving care, take over. Make sure the person giving care knows how to
,✔✔Should you move an injured person? - ✔✔No, it will cause their injuries to worsen.
However, move them if
-they are in immediate danger
-you need to move them to help someone else
-you need to move them to provide care
✔✔What is the "clothes drag" technique? - ✔✔When moving an injured person, grab
the persons shirt behind their neck, cradle their head in-between your arms, and drag
them.
✔✔What should you do in a violent situation? - ✔✔RUN-HIDE-FIGHT
✔✔What is closed-loop communication? - ✔✔-confirm you understood what the person
said, feedback
"Can you get the bleeding control kit"?
"Ok, I am going to get the bleeding control kit."
"I got the bleeding control kit."
✔✔What are the 7 steps when applying direct pressure? - ✔✔1) Put on gloves, if you
have
2) Find source of bleeding
3) Tell patient to expect pain
4) Choose dressing for the type of wound
5) Place dressing on wound
6) Apply firm, steady pressure until bleeding stops
7) Hold direct pressure unless there is a touniquet present, you are exhausted, bleeding
has stopped, or the situation / area becomes unsafe
✔✔What is "dressing" when talking about applying direct pressure? - ✔✔An absorbent
material that will help stop the bleeding (i.e gauze)
✔✔What are the two types of touniquets? - ✔✔1) Windlass Rod
2) Ratcheting
✔✔If you cover a small wound and applied pressure to it with a certain cloth you are
using what "method" - ✔✔Direct Pressure
✔✔When bleeding is life threatening and the wound is either on the head, neck, or
trunk, you should use... - ✔✔Direct pressure
✔✔What are the 2 key things when applying direct pressure? - ✔✔What are the 2 key
things when applying direct pressure?
1) Press as hard as you can, directly on the wound
, 2) Hold the pressure until bleeding stops
✔✔Bleeding control kits and first aid kits have a special type of dressing called... -
✔✔Hemostatic Dressing
✔✔What does hemostatic dressing do? - ✔✔Stops the bleeding faster
✔✔Hemo = ?
Static = ? - ✔✔Hemo = Blood
Static =stop
✔✔If you have no gauze on sight and someone is bleeding, what can you use? And if
there is absolutely no cloth, what do you do? - ✔✔A clean t-shirt. Apply direct pressure
without dressing
✔✔A flat surface underneath the part of the body where you are applying pressure
makes applying direct pressure more effective (true or false) - ✔✔true
✔✔What areas do you only use a tourniquet for? - ✔✔Arms & Legs
✔✔True or False. I can use a tourniquet for non-life threatening bleeding or for bleeding
from the head, neck, or trunk - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false. Once a tourniquet is applied, ONLY a medical proffessional can take it
off - ✔✔true
✔✔If you tightended the tourniquet as much as you can and bleeding has not stopped,
what is the next step you can do? - ✔✔Apply a second tourniquet above the first, closer
to the heart
✔✔After applying the tourniquet and attaching the buckle, what can you think about? -
✔✔PULL - TWIST - CLIP
✔✔What are the four main components in a Windlass rod tounriquet - ✔✔Strap, buckle,
rod, and clip
✔✔Ratcheting tourniquet - ✔✔Apply the same way as a windlass, but instead of a rod,
lift the buckle to hear clicks and keep lifitng until bleeding stops
✔✔Whats the difference between windlass rod and ratcheting tourniquet? -
✔✔Windlass: Contains a rod to increase tensionRatcheting: Contains a seatbelt-like
buckle (ratchet) to click into place
AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔SALT TRIAGE- Step 2- Individual Assessment
MINIMAL - ✔✔Minor injuries
-has a peripheral pulse?
-breathing normal?
-hemorrhage is controlled?
-follows commands or makes purposeful movements?
-injuries are minor and require little to no care?
If YES TO ALL, MINIMAL
✔✔SALT Triage Colors - ✔✔Immediate- RED
Delayed- YELLOW
Minimal- GREEN
Expectant- GREY
Dead- BLACK
✔✔FIRST AID- What do you do in bleeding emergencies? - ✔✔-Severe bleeding, call
911
-locate bleeding control kit, first aid, and AED
-instruction card, gauze roll, hemostatic dressing, windlass rod tourniquet, gauze pads,
elasticized wrap, scissors (trauma shears)
✔✔FIRST AID- What is considered Life Threatening Bleeding? - ✔✔-blood is
continuously flowing/spurting
-volume is more then 1/2 a soda can
✔✔FIRST AID-Bleeding Emergencies
What do you check? - ✔✔CHECK- safety of surroundings, people involved, threatening
conditions, anyone else available for help,
Obtain Consent- Tell them who you are, type/level training, and what you are going to
do. If they say no, stay with them until 911 arrives.
Implied Consent- Minor w no guardian present/person who is unresponsive/mentally
altered, proceed with help
✔✔FIRST AID- Bleeding Emergencies
Who do you call? - ✔✔CALL- 911
✔✔FIRST AID-Bleeding Emergencies
How do you care? - ✔✔CARE- try to wash hands and use gloves (replace for more
people)
Avoid touching hands/eyes/nose/mouth
Wash hands right after, but for life-threatening bleeding- don't wait for gloves
If no one is giving care, take over. Make sure the person giving care knows how to
,✔✔Should you move an injured person? - ✔✔No, it will cause their injuries to worsen.
However, move them if
-they are in immediate danger
-you need to move them to help someone else
-you need to move them to provide care
✔✔What is the "clothes drag" technique? - ✔✔When moving an injured person, grab
the persons shirt behind their neck, cradle their head in-between your arms, and drag
them.
✔✔What should you do in a violent situation? - ✔✔RUN-HIDE-FIGHT
✔✔What is closed-loop communication? - ✔✔-confirm you understood what the person
said, feedback
"Can you get the bleeding control kit"?
"Ok, I am going to get the bleeding control kit."
"I got the bleeding control kit."
✔✔What are the 7 steps when applying direct pressure? - ✔✔1) Put on gloves, if you
have
2) Find source of bleeding
3) Tell patient to expect pain
4) Choose dressing for the type of wound
5) Place dressing on wound
6) Apply firm, steady pressure until bleeding stops
7) Hold direct pressure unless there is a touniquet present, you are exhausted, bleeding
has stopped, or the situation / area becomes unsafe
✔✔What is "dressing" when talking about applying direct pressure? - ✔✔An absorbent
material that will help stop the bleeding (i.e gauze)
✔✔What are the two types of touniquets? - ✔✔1) Windlass Rod
2) Ratcheting
✔✔If you cover a small wound and applied pressure to it with a certain cloth you are
using what "method" - ✔✔Direct Pressure
✔✔When bleeding is life threatening and the wound is either on the head, neck, or
trunk, you should use... - ✔✔Direct pressure
✔✔What are the 2 key things when applying direct pressure? - ✔✔What are the 2 key
things when applying direct pressure?
1) Press as hard as you can, directly on the wound
, 2) Hold the pressure until bleeding stops
✔✔Bleeding control kits and first aid kits have a special type of dressing called... -
✔✔Hemostatic Dressing
✔✔What does hemostatic dressing do? - ✔✔Stops the bleeding faster
✔✔Hemo = ?
Static = ? - ✔✔Hemo = Blood
Static =stop
✔✔If you have no gauze on sight and someone is bleeding, what can you use? And if
there is absolutely no cloth, what do you do? - ✔✔A clean t-shirt. Apply direct pressure
without dressing
✔✔A flat surface underneath the part of the body where you are applying pressure
makes applying direct pressure more effective (true or false) - ✔✔true
✔✔What areas do you only use a tourniquet for? - ✔✔Arms & Legs
✔✔True or False. I can use a tourniquet for non-life threatening bleeding or for bleeding
from the head, neck, or trunk - ✔✔false
✔✔True or false. Once a tourniquet is applied, ONLY a medical proffessional can take it
off - ✔✔true
✔✔If you tightended the tourniquet as much as you can and bleeding has not stopped,
what is the next step you can do? - ✔✔Apply a second tourniquet above the first, closer
to the heart
✔✔After applying the tourniquet and attaching the buckle, what can you think about? -
✔✔PULL - TWIST - CLIP
✔✔What are the four main components in a Windlass rod tounriquet - ✔✔Strap, buckle,
rod, and clip
✔✔Ratcheting tourniquet - ✔✔Apply the same way as a windlass, but instead of a rod,
lift the buckle to hear clicks and keep lifitng until bleeding stops
✔✔Whats the difference between windlass rod and ratcheting tourniquet? -
✔✔Windlass: Contains a rod to increase tensionRatcheting: Contains a seatbelt-like
buckle (ratchet) to click into place
