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Base Station
Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place
Cellular Telephone
A low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called "cells"
Channel
An assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/or data communications.
Dedicated Line
A special telephone line that is used for specific point-to-point communications; also known as a "hot line"
Duplex
The ability to transmit and receive simultaneously.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
The federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which may involve EMS activity
MED channels
VHF and UHF channels that the FCC has designated exclusively for EMS use
paging
The use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers ("beepers") or desktop monitor radios
rapport
A trusting relationship that you build with your patient
repeater
A special base station radio that receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency
scanner
A radio receiver that searches or "scans" across several frequencies until the message is completed; the process is then repeated
simplex
Single-frequency radio; transmissions can occur in either direction but not simultaneously in both; when one party transmits, the other can only receive, and the party that is transmitting is unable to recieve
standing orders
Written documents, digned by the EMS system's medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols
telemetry
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 at the hospital with a decoder
UHF (ultra-high frequency)
Radio frequencies between 300 and 3000 MHz
VHF (very high frequency)
Radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF spectrum is further divided into "high" and "low" bands
If you didn't write it down...
...it didn't happen.
Components of Oral Report
• Patient’s name
• Chief complaint
• Nature of illness
• Mechanism of injury
• Summary of information from radio report
• Any important history not given earlier
• Patient’s response to treatment
• The vital signs assessed
• Any other helpful information
Who can refuse care?
Alert, Oriented, over 18, Mentally Stable