Paramedic Communication Ch5

Front 1

The Procees of exchanging information between individuals?

Back 1

Communication
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Front 2

Basic Communication Model

Back 2

1-Sender has an idea,or message
2-Sender encodes message
3-Sender sends message
4-Receiver recieves Message
5-Receiver decodes message
6-Receiver gives feedback to sender
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Front 3

The Meaning of words

Back 3

Semantic
Se-man-tic

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Front 4

Factors that enhance of impede effective Communication?

Back 4

Semantic and Technical

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Front 5

A range of radio frequencies?

Back 5

Radio band

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Front 6

The number of times per second a radio wave oscillates?

Back 6

Frequency

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Front 7

UHF

Benfit's?

Back 7

Ultrahigh frequency
-Penetrate concrete and steel
-Less susceptible to interference

Front 8

EMS Response chain of events?

Back 8

-Detedtion and citizen access
-Atuomatic collision notifcation
-Call taking & Emergency response
-Prearrival instructions
-Call coordination & incident recording
-Discussion w/ med. direction
-Transfer communcitaion
-Back in service, ready for next call

Front 9

Detection and Citizen Access
PSAP

Back 9

Public Saftey answering point

Front 10

PSAP

Back 10

Any agency that takes emergency calls from citizens in a given region and dispatches the emergency resources neccessary to respond to indivdual calls for help.

Front 11

ACN

Back 11

Automatic collsion notification system
Data collection and transmission system that can automatically cantact a national call center or local PSAP and transmit specific crash data
(on-star)

Front 12

EMD

Back 12

Emergency medical dispatcher
the person who manages an EMS system's respone and readiness

Front 13

Priority dispatching

Back 13

system that uses medically approved questions and predetermined guidlines to determined the appropiate level of respone.

Front 14

Prearrival instructions

Back 14

EMD's instruction to a caller for appropriate emergency measures

Front 15

Simplex transmissions

Back 15

communication system that transmit and receives on the same frequency.
-cannot do simultaneously.

Front 16

Duplex transmissions

Back 16

communication systems that alllow simultameous two-way communications by using two frequencies for each channel.
(telephone)

Front 17

Multiplex transmission system

Back 17

duplex system that can transmit voice and data at the same time,

Front 18

Trunking systems

Back 18

communication that pools all frequencies and routes transmissions to the next available frequency. (800's)

Front 19

Digital communication

Back 19

Data or sounds translated into a digital code for transmission

Front 20

Mobile data terminal

Back 20

vehicle-mounted computer keyboard and display.
(wired to the radio, call translated to computer from radio)

Front 21

Slander

Back 21

To ORALLY deframe another person

Front 22

Libel

Back 22

To deframe another person in WRITING

Front 23

Verbal Report to MD

Back 23

-ID of unit and provider -~TOA at HP
-Description of scene -other pt info
-Pt age,sex, & ~ weight
-Pt cc and severity
-Brief,pertinent Hx of present illness or injury(OPQRST)
-Perntinent past Hx Med's & allergies (SAMPLE)
-Pertinent physical exam finding
-Rx given so far/request orders

Front 24

Echo procedure

Back 24

immediately repeating each transmission received during radio communication

Front 25

FCC

Back 25

Federal Communication Commission
-Controls and regulates all non-govermental communications in US

Front 26

VHF

Back 26

Vary high frequency

Front 27

FCC primary functions include:

Back 27

-licansing & allocates radio
-Establishes technical standards
-Monitors frequencies to assure appropriate usage
-spot checks base stations and dispatch centers for appropriate licenses & records