Health ProfessionsTest + Skills

Phlebotomy

A 50-question test weighted toward blood collection and tube selection, then venipuncture, heel stick and emergency-response skills for the top scorers.

The AI judge does not score skill stations. Use the practice test for Round One.

About this event

Phlebotomy is a solo two-round event for the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions, sponsored by American Medical Technologists. Round One is a 50-question multiple-choice test in 60 minutes written from Phlebotomy: A Competency Based Approach (Booth and Mundt) and Phlebotomy Essentials (McCall). Obtaining blood samples, including which tube goes with which test, is 42 percent of the test; specimen collection and processing is 16 percent, and the rest covers safety, legal and professional issues, terminology and anatomy, time management, communication and clerical duties. Top scorers advance to Round Two, a secret scenario drawn from nine skills, with body fluids simulated: handwashing (4 minutes), tourniquet application (2), routine evacuated-tube venipuncture with the correct order of draw (10), butterfly venipuncture with an evacuated tube adapter (10), responding when a patient starts to faint (5), an infant heel puncture (5), removing contaminated gloves (3), handling an accidental arterial stick (5), and instructing a patient on a 24-hour urine collection (5). Bring at least two pairs of non-latex gloves. A 70 percent skill score is required to place; test and skill scores are added and ties go to the higher test score.

Test day

What to expect

Round One test, then skill stations

Round One is a 50-question test in 60 minutes; the top scorers advance to Round Two, the skill stations. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes, then Round Two skill scenarios of 2 to 10 minutes each for top scorers.

Written from the test plan

Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.

How you advance

How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.

What judges score

Skill I: Handwashing (4 minutes)Skill II: Tourniquet Application (2 minutes)Skill III-A: Routine ETS Venipuncture, Including Order of Draw (10 minutes)Skill III-B: Venipuncture Using a Butterfly and Evacuated Tube Adaptor, Including Order of Draw (10 minutes)Skill IV: Steps to Follow if a Patient Starts to Faint During Venipuncture (5 minutes)Skill V: Heel Puncture (5 minutes)Skill VI: Removing Contaminated Gloves (3 minutes)Skill VII: Accidental Arterial Stick (5 minutes)Skill VIII: 24-Hour Urine Collection (5 minutes)

What's on the test

Obtaining Blood Samples (including which tubes are used for specific tests) · 42%Specimen Collection and Processing · 16%Time Management and Assignment Organization · 8%Professional Communications · 4%Clerical Skills and Duties · 4%Safety Standards and Procedures · 10%Legal, Ethical, and Professional Considerations · 8%Terminology, Anatomy, and Physiology · 8%

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