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Communications and Documentation

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base station   show
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show a low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called "cells"  
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channel   show
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show questions that can be answered in short or single word responses  
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communication   show
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show when one imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she believes his or her ideas are superior  
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dedicated line   show
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show the written portion of the EMT's patient interaction. this becomes part of the patients permanent medical record  
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show the ability to transmit and receive simultaneously  
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ethnocentrism   show
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)   show
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show VHF and UHF channels that the Federal Communications Commission has designated exclusively for EMS use  
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show small computer terminals inside ambulances that directly receive data from the dispatch center  
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show anything that dampens or obscures the true meaning of a message  
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open-ended questions   show
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paging   show
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show the legal document used to record all patient care activities. this report has direct patient care functions but also administrative and quality control functions. PCRs are also known as prehospital care reports  
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proxemics   show
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rapport   show
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show a special base station radio that receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency  
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scanner   show
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simplex   show
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show written documents, signed by the EMS system's medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols  
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telemetry   show
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show verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship  
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trunking   show
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show radio frequencies between 300 and 3,000 MHz  
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VHF (very high frequency)   show
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