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23 Cards in this Set
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Base Station
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Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place.
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Cultutral Imposition
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When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because what they feel is superior.
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Channel
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An assigned frequencies that are used to carry voice and or data communication.
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Dedicated Line
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A special line that is used for specific point-to point communications ALSO known as a hot line.
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Documentation
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The written portion of the EMS patient’s interaction. This becomes part of the patient permit medical record.
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Duplex
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The ability to transmit and receive simultaneously.
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Ethnocentrism
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When a person considers his or her own cultural values and more important when interacting with people of a different culture.
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FCC (Federal Communications Commission)
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The Federal agency that as jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which evolve EMS services.
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MED channels
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VHF and UHF channels that the federal communications commission has designated exclusively for EMS use.
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Mobil data terminals (MDT)
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Mobil data terminals (MDT) Small computer terminals inside ambulances that directly receive data from the dispatch center.
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Paging
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The use of a radio signal and voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers (beepers) or desktop monitoring radios.
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PCR (Patient Care Report)
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The legal document used to record all patient care activities, it also has administrative and quality control functions.
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Proxemics
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The study of space between people and its effects on communication/ personal space.
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Rapport
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A trusting relationship that you build with your patient.
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Repeater
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A special base station radio that receives messages and signals one frequency then repeats them into a second frequency.
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Scanner
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A radio receiver that searches or scans across several frequencies until the message is completed, the process is then repeated.
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Simplex
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Single frequency radio, transmission can occur in either direction but not simultaneously in both. When one party transmits the other can only receive.
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Standing Orders
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Written documents, signed by the EMS systems medical director that outlines specific directions , permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care also called proticals.
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Telemetry
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A process in which electronic signals are converted into coded, audible signals, these signals can then be transmitted by radio or telephone to a receiver with a decoder at the hospital.
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Therapeutic Communication
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Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship.
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Trunking
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Telecommunication system that allow a computer to maximize utilization s group of frequencies.
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UHF (Ultra High Frequency)
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Radio frequencies between 300-3000 MHz
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VHF (Very High Frequency)
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Radio frequencies between 30-3000 MHz, the VHF spectrum is further divided into high and low bands.
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