CHAPTER 5: COMMUNICATIONS

Question 1

COMMUNICATION LOOP

Answer 1

SENDER
MESSAGE TRANSMISSION
RECEIVER
FEEDBACK

Question 2

BASE STATION

Answer 2

FIXED LOCATION, MOST POWERFUL RADIOS, CAPABLE OF OPERATING ON MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES AND BANDS

Question 3

MOBILE TRANSCEIVERS

Answer 3

MOUNTED IN VEHICLES AND RELIES ON VEHICLE’S POWER SYSTEM

Question 4

PORTABLE TRANSCEIVERS

Answer 4

SMALL, BATTERY POWERED UNITS (WALKIE TALKIES)

Question 5

SIMPLEX RADIO

Answer 5

MOST BASIC TYPE, ALL TRANSMISSIONS OCCUR ON SAME FREQUENCY, RESTRICTED TO LINE OF SIGHT/SHORT RANGE

Question 6

DUPLEX

Answer 6

UTILIZES PAIR OF FREQUENCIES
TRANSMITTED ON ONE FREQUENCY AND RECEIVED ON SECOND FREQUENCY
ALLOWS COMMUNICATIONS IN ONLY ONE DIRECTION AT A TIME
USES REPEATERS

Question 7

MULTIPLEX

Answer 7

USES RADIO SIGNALS TO CARRY MULTIPLE AUDIO STREAMS AT THE SAME TIME

Question 8

DIGITAL RADIO

Answer 8

ALLOWS TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL (COMPUTER) OR ANALOG (VOICE) THAT HAVE BEEN COMPRESSED BY A COMPUTER

Question 9

REPEATERS

Answer 9

SPECIALIZED BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER THAT ALLOWS RADIO SYSTEM TO COVER A MUCH LARGER AREA AND BYPASS OBSTRUCTIONS

Question 10

DIGITAL TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEMS

Answer 10

USE MULTIPLE REPEATERS AND COMPUTERS TO ROUTE RADIO TRAFFIC WITHIN THE SYSTEM, OPERATE ON 800 AND 900MHZ UHF BANDS

Question 11

RADIO DEAD SPOTS

Answer 11

AREAS WHERE MOBILE/PORTABLE RADIOS CANNOT COMMUNICATE WITH REPEATERS OR EACH OTHER

Question 12

PHASES OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH (5)

Answer 12

INITIAL RECEIPT OF 911 CALL
INFORMATION GATHERING
DISPATCH UNITS
ADVICE TO CALLER
ONGOING COMMS WITH FIELD UNITS

Question 13

RADIO WAVES

Answer 13

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION THAT MAY BE ENCODED TO TRANSMIT A WIDE VARIETY OF INFORMATION

Question 14

RADIO FREQUENCIES

Answer 14

NUMBER OF OSCILLATIONS PER SECOND OF THE CARRIER WAVE, MEASURED IN HERTZ

Question 15

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

Answer 15

GROUP FREQUENCIES INTO BANDS AND ASSIGNS EACH BAND FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE

Question 16

WHAT FREQUENCIES DO EMS AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMS OPERATE ON (2)

Answer 16

VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) BAND AND ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) BAND

Question 17

BIOTELEMETRY

Answer 17

MEASUREMENT AND TRANSMISSION OF VITAL SIGNS AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGIC DATA TO A REMOTE TERMINAL

Question 18

TELEMEDICINE

Answer 18

SPECIALIZED COMPUTER TERMINALS THAT ALLOW TWO-WAY TRANSMISSION OF SOUND, VIDEO, VITAL SIGNS, EKG, AND OTHE DIAGNOSTIC DATA FOR INTERACTIVE EXCHANGE OF INFO BETWEEN MEDIC AND MEDICAL CONTROL

Question 19

PHASES OF COMMUNICATION FOR EMS RESPONSE (4)

Answer 19

DISPATCH
RESPONSE TO SCENE
ON-SCENE AND TACTICAL
PATIENT TRANSPORT

Question 20

PATIENT ASSESSMENT REPORT TO MED CONTROL FORMAT

Answer 20

DESTINATION FACILITY AND ETA
AGE AND GENDER
CHIEF COMPLAINT
PERTINENT HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
MEDS/ALLERGIES
PAST RELEVENT MED HISTORY
LOC/DEGREE OF DISTRESS
MENTAL STATUS
VITAL SIGNS
HEAD-TO-TOE FINDINGS
EKG FINDINGS
TREATMENT GIVEN SO FAR AND RESPONSE

Question 21

INTERVIEWING STRATEGIES (9)

Answer 21

REFLECTION, EMPATHY, CONFRONTATION, FACILITATION, SILENCE, CLARIFICATION, REDIRECTION, SIMPLIFICATION, SUMMARIZATION

Question 22

CULTURAL COMPETENCE

Answer 22

UNDERSTANDING HOW A PERSON’S CULTURAL INFLUENCES AFFECT HOW THEY BEHAVE AND REACT TO STRESSFUL SITUATIONS AND USING THAT TO CHOOSE THE WAY YOU INTERACT

Question 23

INTERVIEWING CONSIDERATIONS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS AND WHO THEY OFFEND (7)

Answer 23

EYE CONTACT (NATIVES, ASIANS, AFRICANS)
TOUCHING WITH LEFT HAND (ISLAMIC AND HINDU)
TOUCHING THE HEAD (ASIAN)
TOUCHING FEET (MUSLIMS AND THAIS)
HANDS ON HIPS (MEXICANS, ARGENTINIANS)
NODDING (DIFFERENT IN ASIAN CULTURES)
HAND GESTURES

Question 24

SQUELCH

Answer 24

FILTERING SYSTEM TO BLOCK OUT BACKGROUND NOISE BUT STILL ALLOWS RADIO SIGNALS TO BE HEARD