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Chapter 9

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Base station   Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place.  
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Cellular telephone   A low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called "cells"  
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Channel   An assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/or data communications.  
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Dedicated line   A special telephone line that is used for specific point-to-point communications; also known as a "hotline"  
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Duplex   The ability to transmit and receive simultaneously.  
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)   The federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which may involve EMS activity.  
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MED channels   VHF and UHF channels that FCC has designated exclusively for EMS use.  
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Paging   The use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers ("beepers") or desktop monitor radios.  
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Rapport   A trusting relationship that you build with your patient.  
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Repeater   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   A radio receiver that searches or "scans" across several frequencies until the message is completed; the process is then repeated.  
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Simplex   Single-frequency radio; transmissions can occur in either direction but not simultaneously in both; when one party transmits, the other can only receive, and the party that is transmitting is unable to receive.  
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Standing orders   Written documents, signed by the EMS systems medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols.  
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Telemetry   A process in which electronic signals are converted into coded, audible signals; these signals can then be transmitted by radio or telephone to a receiver at the hospital with a decoder.  
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UHF (ultra-high frequency)   Radio frequencies between 300 and 3,000 MHz.  
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VHF (very high frequency)   Radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF spectrum is further divided into "high" and "low" bands.  
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