LA COUNTY PARAMEDIC ACCREDITATION
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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 with a gunshot wound to 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 function as a paramedic or MICN in LA county?
Answer: employed with an approved LA county provider and possess a
current CA state license
, ⩥ which of the following may request discontinuation of resuscitation
efforts for a PEDIATRIC patient in full arrest? Answer: parent or
guardian
⩥ 11 year old female at a park with a 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? Answer: the assigned
base hospital has ultimate say on pt destination
⩥ where do you perform needle T? Answer: midclavicular 2nd
intercostal ABOVE THE THE THIRD RIB
⩥ what is not a trauma guideline? Answer: physiology of helicopter/air
transport/ altitude
⩥ which is not appropriate means of pain management? Answer: rapid
transport
ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 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 with a gunshot wound to 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 function as a paramedic or MICN in LA county?
Answer: employed with an approved LA county provider and possess a
current CA state license
, ⩥ which of the following may request discontinuation of resuscitation
efforts for a PEDIATRIC patient in full arrest? Answer: parent or
guardian
⩥ 11 year old female at a park with a 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? Answer: the assigned
base hospital has ultimate say on pt destination
⩥ where do you perform needle T? Answer: midclavicular 2nd
intercostal ABOVE THE THE THIRD RIB
⩥ what is not a trauma guideline? Answer: physiology of helicopter/air
transport/ altitude
⩥ which is not appropriate means of pain management? Answer: rapid
transport
