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1
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Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place

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Base station

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A low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called cells

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Cellular telephone

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An assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/ or data communication

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Channel

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Questions that can be answered in short or single word responses

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Closed ended questions

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the transmission of information to another person verbally or through body language

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Communication

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When one person imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she believes his or her ideals are superior

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Cultural imposition

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A special telephone line that is used specific point to point communications; also known as a hotline

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Dedicated line

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The recorded portion of the EMT’s patient interaction, either written or electronic. This becomes part of the patients permanent medical record

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Documentation

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the ability to transmit and receive simultaneously

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Duplex

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When a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture

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Ethnocentrism

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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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FCC

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A communication system that uses voice over internet protocol technology to allow multiple agencies to communicate and transmit data

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Interoperable Communication System

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VHF and UHF channels that the Federal Communications Commission has designated exclusively for EMS use

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MED channels

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A small computer TERMINAL inside the ambulance that directly receives DATA from the dispatch center

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Mobile data Terminal (MDT)

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The ability to transmit audio and data signals through the use of more than one communications channel.

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Multiplex

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Anything that dampens the true meaning of a message

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Noise

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17
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Questions for which the patient must provide detail to give an answer

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Open-ended-question

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The use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers or desktop monitor radios

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Paging

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The legal document used to record all PATIENT CARE activities. This REPORT has direct patient care functions but also administrative and quality control functions. Also known as prehospital care report

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PCR

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20
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Sexual intercourse forcibly inflicted on another person, against that person’s will

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Rape

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21
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A trusting relationship that you build with your patient

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Rapport

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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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Repeater

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A radio receiver that searches or SCANS across several frequencies until the message is completed; the process is then repeated

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Scanner

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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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Simplex

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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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Standing orders

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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 with a decoder at the hospital

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Telemetry

27
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Verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship

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Therapeutic communication

28
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Telecommunication systems that allow a computer to maximize utilization of a group of frequencies

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Trunking

29
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Radio frequencies between 300 and 3,000 MHz

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ultra-high frequency UHF

30
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Radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF spectrum is further divided into “high” and “low” bands

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Very high frequency

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Motion of a limb away from the midline

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Abduction

32
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Motion of a limb toward the midline

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Adduction

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The front surface of the body; the side facing you in the standard anatomical position

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Anterior

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A body part or condition that appears on both sides of the midline

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Bilateral

35
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The vowel used to combine two word roots or a word root and suffix

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Combining vowel

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Farther inside the body and away from the skin

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Deep

37
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Farther from the trunk or nearer to the free end of the extremity

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Distal

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The posterior surface of the body, including the back of the hand

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Dorsal

39
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The straightening of a joint

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Extension

40
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The bending of a joint

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Flexion

41
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An inclined position in which the head of the bed is raised

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Fowler position

42
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Below a body part or nearer to the feet

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Inferior

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Parts of the body that lie farther from the midline; also called outer structures

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Lateral

44
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Parts of the body that lie closer to the midline; also called the inner structures

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Medial

45
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The forward facing part of the hand in the anatomical position

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Palmar

46
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The bottom surface of the foot

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Plantar

47
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The back surface of the body; the side away from you in the standard anatomical position

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Posterior

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Part of a term that appears before a word root, changing the meaning of the term

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Prefix

49
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Lying face down

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Prone

50
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Closer to the trunk

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Proximal

51
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Describes the sections of the abdominal cavity, in which tow imaginary lines intersect at the umbilicus, dividing the abdomen into four equal areas

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Quadrants

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The part of a term that comes after the root word, at the end of the term

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Suffix

53
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Closer to the skin

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Superficial

54
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Above a body part or nearer to the head

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Superior

55
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Lying face up

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Supine

56
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The anterior surface of the body

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Ventral

57
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The main part of a term that contains the primary meaning

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Word root

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