Nancy Caroline’s Emergency Care in the Streets, 9th
Edition TEST BANK by Nancy Caroline
Emergency Medical Dispatch - ANSWER:First aid instructions given by specially
trained dispatchers to callers over the telephone while an ambulance is en route to
the call .
Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) - ANSWER:A person who receives information
and relays that information in an organized manner during the emergency.
Therapeutic Communications - ANSWER:Communicating with Patients is called.
Base Station - ANSWER:Radio equipment consisting at minimum of a transmitter
receiver, and antenna.
Biotelemetry - ANSWER:Transmission of things like ECG data to a hospital.
Dispatch - ANSWER:to send a specific destination or to send on a task.
Transceiver - ANSWER:A radio transmitter and receiver housed in a single unit; a two
way radio.
trunking - ANSWER:Sharing of a radio transmitter and receiver by multiple agencies
at 800MHz.
Typical mobile transmitter operates at between... - ANSWER:20 and 50 watts
Repeater - ANSWER:Miniature base station that picks up a radio signal and
rebroadcasts it extending the range of the radio communications system.
Remote Console - ANSWER:A terminal that receives transmissions of telemetry and
voice from the field and transmits messages back, usually through the base station.
Wavelength - ANSWER:The distance in propagating wave from one point to the
corresponding point on the next wave.
Federal Communications Commission - ANSWER:agency responsible for assigning
broadcast frequencies, for licensing radio and television stations, and for regulating
the use of wireless communication devices.
Hertz - ANSWER:unit for frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
Interpersonal Communications - ANSWER:the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and
beliefs between two or more people
Edition TEST BANK by Nancy Caroline
Emergency Medical Dispatch - ANSWER:First aid instructions given by specially
trained dispatchers to callers over the telephone while an ambulance is en route to
the call .
Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD) - ANSWER:A person who receives information
and relays that information in an organized manner during the emergency.
Therapeutic Communications - ANSWER:Communicating with Patients is called.
Base Station - ANSWER:Radio equipment consisting at minimum of a transmitter
receiver, and antenna.
Biotelemetry - ANSWER:Transmission of things like ECG data to a hospital.
Dispatch - ANSWER:to send a specific destination or to send on a task.
Transceiver - ANSWER:A radio transmitter and receiver housed in a single unit; a two
way radio.
trunking - ANSWER:Sharing of a radio transmitter and receiver by multiple agencies
at 800MHz.
Typical mobile transmitter operates at between... - ANSWER:20 and 50 watts
Repeater - ANSWER:Miniature base station that picks up a radio signal and
rebroadcasts it extending the range of the radio communications system.
Remote Console - ANSWER:A terminal that receives transmissions of telemetry and
voice from the field and transmits messages back, usually through the base station.
Wavelength - ANSWER:The distance in propagating wave from one point to the
corresponding point on the next wave.
Federal Communications Commission - ANSWER:agency responsible for assigning
broadcast frequencies, for licensing radio and television stations, and for regulating
the use of wireless communication devices.
Hertz - ANSWER:unit for frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
Interpersonal Communications - ANSWER:the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and
beliefs between two or more people
