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Chapter 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Base Station | Transmitter and receiver in fixed area |
| Cellular Phone | Low power radio that connects through repeater station (cells) |
| Channel | Assigned frequency |
| Close-ended Questions | Single short worded answers |
| Communication | Transmission of info |
| Cultural Imposition | Imposing beliefs/values/practices because you believe they're better |
| Dedicated Line | Hotline |
| Docummentation | Written record |
| Duplex | Send and receive simultaneously |
| Ethnocentrism | Believing personal values are more important (cultural misinterpretation |
| FCC | Federal Communications Commissions (beeeeeeeeeeeep) |
| Interoperable | Operates over different chanels |
| Med Channel | VHF and UHF channels designated by FCC |
| MDT | Mobile Data Terminal (laptop built in ambulance) |
| Multiplex | Radio carries audio and data signals |
| Noise | any sound that interferes with radio message |
| Open-ended Question | Longer response required |
| Paging | Radio signal/ voice over pager |
| PCR | Patient Care Report (pre-hospital) |
| Rapport | Trust Building with Pt |
| Repeater | Recieves messages and retransmits them |
| Scanner | Searches across sequences until message is complete |
| Simplex | One-way radio |
| Standing Order | Written protocol from MD |
| Telementry | Electronic signals are converted in into audible signals |
| Theraputic | Treatment |
| Trunking | Automated complex radio system |
| UHF | Ultra High Frequency |
| VHF | Very High Frequency |