| Communication Systems | Random | Emergency Scene | Communication | Prefixes |
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What is a Base Station?
A powerful stationary two-way radio that is attached to one or more fixed antennas.
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What is Brady
Slow
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What is the most useful piece of equipment when trying to find the emergency scene
Global positioning system (GPS)
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What is fax machine?
uses a phone line or radio system to send written data
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What is Tachy-?
Rapid or swift
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What is a Mobile Radio?
A mounted device in a vehicle in a vehicle and draws electricity from the electrical system of the vehicle.
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What is hypo
Beneath or below
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What should you do when you are caught in large amounts of traffic and people will not move
Notify dispatch and they might send another unit
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What is telemetry?
used by advanced life support providers to transmitter electrocardiogram and other patient data to online medical control
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What is Therm-?
In relation to quantities of heat
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What is a Portable Radio?
A device designed to be carried by rescuers that incorporate a two-way radio with a self-contained battery, a built in microphone, and a built in antenna.
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What is the last step of an ems call
Post run activities
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What is the first step when arriving at an emergency scene
Taking a visual survey of the scene (scene size up)
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What is MDT?
transmits data messages thru radio systems
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What is Oro-?
Denoting the mouth
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What is a Repeater?
A device that receives a weak radio signal, amplifies that signal, and then rebroadcasts it.
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What is the first phase of an ems call
Dispatch
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What is the next step after your visual survey
Give the communications center a concise verbal description of the scene
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What is paging systems?
transmits text messages or voice communications
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What is Neuro-?
Denoting nerve, nervous system, or nervous tissue
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What is a Mobile Data Terminal (MDT)?
A device that transmits data messages through a radio system and is frequently incorporated into a mobile radio system.
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What is the best way to communicate to a foreign patient
Find a family member that speaks the foreign language
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What is the first step in reporting your patients assesment
Provide the age and sex of the patient
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What is mobile data terminal?
displays routing information transmitted through the dispatch center
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What is Vaso-?
Vessel, as in blood vessel
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