Chap 4 Flashcards
(28 cards)
Base Station
Radio hardware located in a fixed place.
Channel
Assigned frequency
close-ended question
Single/short word response
Communication
Transfer of information.
Cultural imposition
Imposing aspects of culture on another out of assumption that theirs are better
Dedicated line
Specified for point-to-point contact. Hotline
Documentation
Recorded interaction that becomes part of record.
Duplex
Ability to transmit simultaneously.
Ethnocentrism
Considering your culture is better than anothers.
Federal communications commission FCC
Federal agency that is over communication services
Interoperable Communications system
Com system that uses voice-over-internet-protocol to connect agencies.
Med channel
Channels designated by FCC for EMS use
Mobile data terminal
Computer in ambulance that receives data from dispatch center
Multiplex
System with multiple coms channels.
Noise
Anything that obscures true meaning of message
Open-ended question
Requires detailed answers
Paging
Coms to pagers
Patient care report PCR
Legal document with patient care instructions
Rapport
Trust
Repeater
Receives transmission on a signal and retransmits on another.
scanner
Scans frequencies for a message continually
Simplex
When only transmitting device can only do one thing at a time
Standing orders
Written directions by medical director regarding specific functions
Telemetry
Signals are coded sent to a hospital and uncoded
