"A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works their tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish their goals." - Larry Bird
Learning a new skill is never easy. Honing any skill takes hours of practice, patience, and perseverance. As a new HOSA member, you may feel pessimistic, lack confidence, and even feel intimidated when it comes to learning procedures such as applying a nasal cannula, transferring an injured patient, and/or providing CPR-First Aid, but over time these feelings are certain subside. Your attitude will change, your confidence will grow, and pessimism will be replaced with optimism as you perfect these procedures through practice, practice, and more practice.
Below are links to health care procedures found within HOSA’s Competitive Events Program. Although these procedures will not match the HOSA rubrics entirely; the procedures should give you a clearer understanding of what is being asked of you in the events (SD HOSA is not responsible for inappropriate comments on the linked sites.)Events should be practiced using the HOSA rubrics.
BIOMEDICAL LAB SCIENCE PROCEDURES
Streaking an agar plate
Gram stain
Preparing a lab solution
ABO blood typing
Infection control and transmission-based precautions
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTING PROCEDURES
Handwashing
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Transferring a patient from bed to wheelchair
Measuring and recording blood pressure
Taking vital signs
Caring for an ostomy
CLINICAL NURSING PROCEDURES
Nasogastric tube insertion
Withdrawing medication from a vial
Subcutaneous injection
Intramuscular injection (I)
Intramuscular injection (II)
Performing a sterile wound irrigation
HOME HEALTH AIDE PROCEDURES
Applying an elasticized stocking
Changing a dry dressing using non-sterile technique
Moving a patient up in bed using a drawsheet
Taking an adult tympanic temp
MEDICAL ASSISITNG PROCEDURES
Performing a telephone screening
Measure height and weight
Test urine with reagent strips
Obtain and record a patient history
PHYSICAL THERAPY PROCEDURES
Ambulating with a gait belt
Ambulating with crutches
Passive range of motion (ROM)
Transfer from supine to sitting
CPR/FIRST AID AND EMT PROCEDURES
Patient assessment- Trauma
Spinal immobilization- Supine patient
BLS with an AED
SPORTS MEDICINE PROCEDURES
Taping an ankle (basketweave)
Taping a thumb
PHARMACY SCIENCE
Filling a prescription
Patient screening for influenza vaccine
Withdrawing liquid from a vial
Compounding an oral suspension
Aseptic garbing, hand washing and gloving