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4 Vocab
Communications and Documentation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Base Station | transmitter and receiver in fixed location |
| Cellular | low power radio connects through repeater stations called "calls" |
| Channel | specific assigned frequency |
| Closed-Ended Question | single short word answers |
| Communications | transmission of info-verbal/body language |
| Cultural Imposition | imposing belief, value, practice believing, yours are superior |
| Dedicated Line | hot line, single line specific location |
| Documentation | written record, handwritten or electronic |
| Duplex | send and receives simultaneously |
| Ethnocentrism | own values more important |
| FCC | federal communications commission |
| Interoperable | voice over the internet |
| Med Channel | UHF and VHF channels designed by FCC |
| MDT | mobile data terminal built in laptop on ambulance |
| Multiplex | audio and data signals |
| Noise | anything that interferes with message |
| Open-Ended Question | must be a detailed answer |
| Paging | radio signal/voice pagers |
| PCR | Pt care report (prehospital) |
| Rapport | trust building with Pt |
| Repeater | receives messages and retransmission |
| Scannner | radio receiver searches across frequencies until completed |
| Simplex | single frequency occur in both was NOT simultaneously |
| Standing Order | document outlines specific directions for Pt care (protocols) |
| Telementry | electronic signal converted into coded audio transmitted through radio or phone |
| Theraputic | verbal/non-verbal encouragement of expressing Pt feelings |
| Trunking | tele communication system allows computer to max vitalization of group frequencies |
| UHF | radio frequencies between 300-3000mHz |
| VHF | radio frequencies between 30-300mHz divided into high low bands |