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Chapter 4 vocab
Comm, and Doc.
Term | Definition |
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Base station | transmitter and receiver in fixed location |
Cellular phone | low power radio that connects through repeater stations called "cells" |
Channel | specific, assigned frequency |
Close ended question | have a single/short worded answer |
Communication | transmission of info-verbal or non-verbal |
Cultural imposition | imposing your beliefs, values, or practices on others |
Dedicated line | hot line; single line specific location |
Documentation | written record (handwritten or electronic) |
Duplex | send and receive simultaneously. |
Ethnocentrism | belief that your own values > others and assess someone only one these beliefs. |
Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) | Government Agency that regulates communication |
Interoperable | Voice over internet |
Med Channel | VHF and UHF channels specifically for EMS use |
Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) | built in laptop in truck |
multiplex | audio and data signals |
noise | anything that interferes with a message |
open ended question | results in detailed answer that varies |
Paging | radio signal/voice |
PCR | Patient care Report |
Rapport | building trust with Pt |
repeater | receives messages and retransmits them * to cover large distance* |
Scanner | searches for frequencies until found |
simplex | single frequency, either direction but not both |
standing order | written doc, - specific directions about Pt care from medical Director |
telemetry | audio coded electronic signal to send data |
therapeutic comm. | verbal and nonverbal to increase Pt relationship/ rapport |
Trunking | telecommunication system |
ultra-High Frequency (UHF) | 300-3000 MHz |
Very high frequency (VHF) | 30-300 MHz |