LA COUNTY TEST ACTUAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 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
QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS 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
