Health Science Events
This act protects the privacy of patient health information.
(Medical Law and Ethics)
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
The normal range for an adult’s resting pulse is this many beats per minute.
(Patient Care Technician)
What is 60–100 bpm?
An outbreak of a disease across multiple countries or continents is called this.
(Epidemiology)
What is a pandemic?
A document that summarizes your education and experience is this.
(Job Seeking Skills)
What is a résumé?
HOSA stands for this
(HOSA Bowl)
What is Health Occupation Students of America?
The suffix “-cyte” means this.
(Medical Terminology)
What is “cell”?
Before feeding a patient, you should always do this with their bed.
(Nursing Assisting)
What is raise the head of the bed?
When someone is choking and cannot breathe, cough, or speak, you should do this.
(CPR/First Aid)
What are abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)?
You should always begin a speech with this.
(Prepared Speaking)
What is an attention-getter or hook?
HOSA was founded in this year.
(HOSA Bowl)
What is 1976?
A healthcare worker who shares a patient’s medical information without permission is guilty of this.
(Medical Law and Ethics)
What is breach of confidentiality?
You should measure this for patients with diabetes
(Nursing Assisting)
This federal agency is primarily responsible for protecting the health of Americans through disease control and prevention.
(Public Health)
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
The three parts of a speech are these.
(Prepared Speaking)
What are the introduction, body, and conclusion?
The side of a debate that supports the resolution is called this.
(Biomedical Debate)
What is the affirmative?
This combining form means “blood.”
(Medical Terminology)
What is “hemo-” or “hemato-”?
A patient who is NPO should not be given this.
(Patient Care Technician)
What is food or drink?
This is the first thing you should do before attempting to rescue someone in a disaster area.
(CERT Skills)
What is ensure the scene is safe?
This nonverbal element, such as posture or gestures, makes speeches more engaging.
(Prepared Speaking)
What is body language?
The final speech of a debate, summarizing key points and rebuttals, is called this.
(Biomedical Debate)
What is the closing statement?
The prefix “dys-” means this.
(Medical Terminology)
What is “bad,” “difficult,” or “painful”?
When moving a patient from bed to wheelchair, the wheelchair should be placed where?
(Nursing Assisting)
You find an unresponsive patient with a medication patch on their chest. Before applying an AED pad, what must you do?
(CPR/First Aid)
What is remove the patch and wipe the skin.
Define the STAR method
(Job Seeking Skills)
The official HOSA emblem contains these three symbols.
(HOSA Bowl)
What are the circle, triangle, and hands?