LA County Accreditation Test | EMS & Paramedic Exam Study Guide

LA County Accreditation Test
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what is an acceptable reason for a hospital to divert an ALS unit? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔ Internal disaster
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Which of the following reason for a hospital to divert a BLS unit?
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- correct answer ✔ ✔
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BLS units transport to a MAR REGARDLESS of diversion stat
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us with the exception of internal disaster
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When should a paramedic report abuse of a dependent adult or chi
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ld? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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when there is reasonable SUSPICION that abuse has occurred
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transporting a pt with a gunshot wound to the abdomen, your patie ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., .,


nt goes into CARDIAC ARREST DURING the transport.
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where do you transport? - correct answer ✔ ✔ Trauma Center
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what is the most accurate description of a MAR? - correct answer
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facility MOST appropriate to suite the patients' needs and chief
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complaint

,what must you assess in order to pronounce death in the field? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔ apical pulse for 60 seconds
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what is required to function as a paramedic or MICN in LA count
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y? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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employed with an approved LA county provider and possess a c ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., ., .,


urrent CA state license ., ., .,




which of the following may request discontinuation of resuscitati
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on efforts for a PEDIATRIC patient in full arrest? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔ parent or guardian
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11 year old female at a park with a small laceration to the left hand
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, there is NO bleeding and ALS treatment/transport is not required
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. what do you do? - correct answer ✔ ✔ release patient to self
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what is 2PAM used in conjunction with? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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Atropine


What is 2PAM used for? - correct answer ✔ ✔ Nerve agents
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, what has ultimate say in patient destination? - correct answer ✔
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✔ the assigned base hospital has ultimate say on pt destination
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where do you perform needle T? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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midclavicular 2nd intercostal ABOVE THE THE THIRD RIB ., ., ., ., ., ., .,




what is not a trauma guideline? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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physiology of helicopter/air transport/ altitude ., ., ., .,




which is not appropriate means of pain management? -
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correct answer ✔ ✔ rapid transport
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which of the following requires base contact? - correct answer ✔
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✔ 26 year old complaining of pleuritic chest pain
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treating a pt with VTACH when they suddenly become unrespons
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ive, what treatment can you administer? - correct answer ✔ ✔
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synchronized cardioversion .,