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12 Cards in this Set
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Base Station
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Serves as dispatch and coordination area and is ideally in contact with all other elements of the system. Should be placed on a hill, and has an output of 80-150 watts
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Mobile Radios (Transmitter/receiver)
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Vehicle mounted devices used to communicate within the EMS system. Has an output of 20-50 watts and can range from 10-15 miles.
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Portable Radios
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Handheld transmitters useful when out of vehicle. Output from 1-5 watts (may be boosted from a repeater)
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Repeater
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Device that receives transmissions from a source of relatively low power and re-braodcasts them on another frequency at higher power. can be vehicle mounted or fixed.
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Who has jurisdiction over all radio communications
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Federal communication commission (FCC)
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How far do you hold the radio from your lips
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2-3 inches
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S-B-A-R
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Situation
Background Assessment Recommendation |
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Encoding
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Converting information into a message
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Decoding
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The process of interpreting and translating an encoded message
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Clarification
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Asking more questions or ask the Pt. to repeat the message in order to understand the meaning
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Summary
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Rephrase the Pts message and repeat it back to them in order to gauge if you understood correctly.
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Facilitated Communication
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For Pt.'s with sensory or developmental disabilities that require you at act a facilitator.
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