Which catchment is located south of the 94 and West of the 805?

• A. Scripps La Jolla
• B. Scripps Mercy Hillcrest
• C. UCSD Hillcrest
• D. Sharp Memorial

Answer: (C)

The question tests how EMS uses hospital catchment boundaries defined by major freeways. Being south of the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway (the 94) and west of the I-805 places you in the central San Diego area around Hillcrest. UCSD Hillcrest Medical Center sits in that neighborhood, so it matches the described quadrant. The other hospitals are outside this specific area: Scripps La Jolla is north and west in La Jolla, Scripps Mercy Hillcrest is positioned differently relative to the freeways, and Sharp Memorial is north/east in the Kearny Mesa area. So the hospital located in that southwest-central quadrant is UCSD Hillcrest.