EMT Communications Vocab

Any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a FIXED location.

• Repeater

• Cellular Telephone

• Base Station

• Scanner

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Low power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater station called cells.

• Cellular telephone

• Repeater

• Mobile Data Terminal (MDT)

• Duplex

An assigned frequency of frequencies that are used to carry voice and/or data communications.

• Duplex

• Handover

• Channel

• Simplex

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-3

The reason a patient called for help; also, the patient's response to questions such as "What's wrong?" or "What happened"?

• Open ended questions

• Noise

• Chief Complaint

• Secondary Complaint

The condition requiring the most urgent intervention as determined by the provider's assessment of the patient. NOT always the same as the chief complaint.

• Rapport

• Chief Concern

• Standing Orders

• Patient Care Report (PCR)

Questions that can be answered in short or single-word responses.

• Closed-ended questions

• Open-ended questions

• Noise

• Therapeutic Communication

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

• Closed-ended questions

• Open-ended questions

• Noise

• Therapeutic Communication

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

• Dedicated Line

• Cultural Imposition

• Handover

• Repeater

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

• Pager

• Scanner

• Cellular Telephone

• Dedicated Line

A picture of you arguing with a difficult patient!