LA County Accreditation Test Questions And
100% Correct Answers
What is an acceptable reason for a hospital to divert an ALS unit? - Answer Internal
disaster
Which of the following reason for a hospital to divert a BLS unit? - Answer BLS units
transport to a MAR REGARDLESS of diversion status with the exception of internal
disaster
When should a paramedic report abuse of a dependent adult or child? - Answer when
there is reasonable SUSPICION that abuse has occurred
transporting a pt w/ a gs wound of the abdomen, your patient goes into CARDIAC
ARREST DURING the transport.
where do you transport? - Answer Trauma Center
what is the most accurate description of a MAR? - Answer facility MOST appropriate to
suite the patients' needs and chief complaint
what must you assess in order to pronounce death in the field? - Answer apical pulse for
60 seconds
What is required to work as a paramedic or MICN in LA county? - Answer employed with
an approved LA county provider and have a current CA state license
Which the following can request to cease resuscitation efforts for a PEDIATRIC patient
in full arrest? - Answer parent or guardian
, 11yr old female at a park with small laceration to the left hand, there is NO bleeding and
ALS treatment/transport is not required what do you do? - Answer release patient to self
what is 2PAM used in conjunction with? - Answer Atropine
What is 2PAM used for? - Answer Nerve agents
what has ultimate say in patient destination? - Answar the assigned base hospital has
ultimate say on pt destination
where do you perform needle T? - Answar midclavicular 2nd intercostal ABOVE THE
THE THIRD RIB
what is not a trauma guideline? - Answar physiology of helicopter/air transport/ altitude
which is not appropriate means of pain management? - Answar rapid transport
Which of the following requires base contact? - Answer 26 year old complaining of
pleuritic chest pain
treating a pt with VTACH when they suddenly become unresponsive, what treatment
can you administer? - Answer synchronized cardioversion
what treatment would you administer FIRST for a pt with respiratory distress with a
cardiac origin? - Answer nitroglycerin
what is considered a pediatric in LA county? - Answer 14 years and younger
Pediatric injuries meeting trauma criteria per 506 - Answer between midclavicular lines
100% Correct Answers
What is an acceptable reason for a hospital to divert an ALS unit? - Answer Internal
disaster
Which of the following reason for a hospital to divert a BLS unit? - Answer BLS units
transport to a MAR REGARDLESS of diversion status with the exception of internal
disaster
When should a paramedic report abuse of a dependent adult or child? - Answer when
there is reasonable SUSPICION that abuse has occurred
transporting a pt w/ a gs wound of the abdomen, your patient goes into CARDIAC
ARREST DURING the transport.
where do you transport? - Answer Trauma Center
what is the most accurate description of a MAR? - Answer facility MOST appropriate to
suite the patients' needs and chief complaint
what must you assess in order to pronounce death in the field? - Answer apical pulse for
60 seconds
What is required to work as a paramedic or MICN in LA county? - Answer employed with
an approved LA county provider and have a current CA state license
Which the following can request to cease resuscitation efforts for a PEDIATRIC patient
in full arrest? - Answer parent or guardian
, 11yr old female at a park with small laceration to the left hand, there is NO bleeding and
ALS treatment/transport is not required what do you do? - Answer release patient to self
what is 2PAM used in conjunction with? - Answer Atropine
What is 2PAM used for? - Answer Nerve agents
what has ultimate say in patient destination? - Answar the assigned base hospital has
ultimate say on pt destination
where do you perform needle T? - Answar midclavicular 2nd intercostal ABOVE THE
THE THIRD RIB
what is not a trauma guideline? - Answar physiology of helicopter/air transport/ altitude
which is not appropriate means of pain management? - Answar rapid transport
Which of the following requires base contact? - Answer 26 year old complaining of
pleuritic chest pain
treating a pt with VTACH when they suddenly become unresponsive, what treatment
can you administer? - Answer synchronized cardioversion
what treatment would you administer FIRST for a pt with respiratory distress with a
cardiac origin? - Answer nitroglycerin
what is considered a pediatric in LA county? - Answer 14 years and younger
Pediatric injuries meeting trauma criteria per 506 - Answer between midclavicular lines
