Chapter 4

Question 1

Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place

Answer 1

Base station

Question 2

A low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called cells

Answer 2

Cellular telephone

Question 3

An assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/ or data communication

Answer 3

Channel

Question 4

Questions that can be answered in short or single word responses

Answer 4

Closed ended questions

Question 5

the transmission of information to another person verbally or through body language

Answer 5

Communication

Question 6

When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she believes his or her ideals are superior

Answer 6

Cultural imposition

Question 7

A special telephone line that is used specific point to point communications; also known as a hotline

Answer 7

Dedicated line

Question 8

The recorded portion of the EMT’s patient interaction, either written or electronic. This becomes part of the patients permanent medical record

Answer 8

Documentation

Question 9

the ability to transmit and receive simultaneously

Answer 9

Duplex

Question 10

When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture

Answer 10

Ethnocentrism

Question 11

The federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which may involve EMS activity

Answer 11

FCC

Question 12

A communication system that uses voice over internet protocol technology to allow multiple agencies to communicate and transmit data

Answer 12

Interoperable Communication System

Question 13

VHF and UHF channels that the Federal Communications Commission has designated exclusively for EMS use

Answer 13

MED channels

Question 14

A small computer TERMINAL inside the ambulance that directly receives DATA from the dispatch center

Answer 14

Mobile data Terminal (MDT)

Question 15

The ability to transmit audio and data signals through the use of more than one communications channel.

Answer 15

Multiplex

Question 16

Anything that dampens the true meaning of a message

Answer 16

Noise

Question 17

Questions for which the patient must provide detail to give an answer

Answer 17

Open-ended-question

Question 18

The use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers or desktop monitor radios

Answer 18

Paging

Question 19

The legal document used to record all PATIENT CARE activities. This REPORT has direct patient care functions but also administrative and quality control functions. Also known as prehospital care report

Answer 19

PCR

Question 20

Sexual intercourse forcibly inflicted on another person, against that person’s will

Answer 20

Rape

Question 21

A trusting relationship that you build with your patient

Answer 21

Rapport

Question 22

A special base station radio that receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency

Answer 22

Repeater

Question 23

A radio receiver that searches or SCANS across several frequencies until the message is completed; the process is then repeated

Answer 23

Scanner

Question 24

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 receive

Answer 24

Simplex

Question 25

Written documents, signed by the EMS System’s medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols

Answer 25

Standing orders

Question 26

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 with a decoder at the hospital

Answer 26

Telemetry

Question 27

Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship

Answer 27

Therapeutic communication

Question 28

Telecommunication systems that allow a computer to maximize utilization of a group of frequencies

Answer 28

Trunking

Question 29

Radio frequencies between 300 and 3,000 MHz

Answer 29

ultra-high frequency UHF

Question 30

Radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF spectrum is further divided into “high” and “low” bands

Answer 30

Very high frequency

Question 31

Motion of a limb away from the midline

Answer 31

Abduction

Question 32

Motion of a limb toward the midline

Answer 32

Adduction

Question 33

The front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomical position

Answer 33

Anterior

Question 34

A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline

Answer 34

Bilateral

Question 35

The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix

Answer 35

Combining vowel

Question 36

Farther inside the body and away from the skin

Answer 36

Deep

Question 37

Farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity

Answer 37

Distal

Question 38

The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand

Answer 38

Dorsal

Question 39

The straightening of a joint

Answer 39

Extension

Question 40

The bending of a joint

Answer 40

Flexion

Question 41

An inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised

Answer 41

Fowler position

Question 42

Below a body part or nearer to the feet

Answer 42

Inferior

Question 43

Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures

Answer 43

Lateral

Question 44

Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called the inner structures

Answer 44

Medial

Question 45

The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomical position

Answer 45

Palmar

Question 46

The bottom surface of the foot

Answer 46

Plantar

Question 47

The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomical position

Answer 47

Posterior

Question 48

Part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term

Answer 48

Prefix

Question 49

Lying face down

Answer 49

Prone

Question 50

Closer to the trunk

Answer 50

Proximal

Question 51

Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which tow imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas

Answer 51

Quadrants

Question 52

The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term

Answer 52

Suffix

Question 53

Closer to the skin

Answer 53

Superficial

Question 54

Above a body part or nearer to the head

Answer 54

Superior

Question 55

Lying face up

Answer 55

Supine

Question 56

The anterior surface of the body

Answer 56

Ventral

Question 57

The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning

Answer 57

Word root