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19 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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Cellular Telephone
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A low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called "cells"
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Channel
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An assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/or data communications.
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Dedicated Line
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A special telephone line that is used for specific point-to-point communications; also known as a "hot line"
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Duplex
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The ability to transmit and receive simultaneously.
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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The federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which may involve EMS activity
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MED channels
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VHF and UHF channels that the FCC has designated exclusively for EMS use
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paging
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The use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers ("beepers") or desktop monitor radios
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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 on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on 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; 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
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standing orders
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Written documents, digned by the EMS system's medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols
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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 at the hospital with a decoder
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UHF (ultra-high frequency)
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Radio frequencies between 300 and 3000 MHz
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VHF (very high frequency)
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Radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF spectrum is further divided into "high" and "low" bands
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If you didn't write it down...
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...it didn't happen.
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Components of Oral Report
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• 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 |
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Who can refuse care?
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Alert, Oriented, over 18, Mentally Stable
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