The process of exchanging information between individuals
Basic Communications Model
Sender has an idea/message
Sender encodes message
Sender sends message
Receiver receives message
Receiver decodes message
Receiver gives feedback to sender
Semantic
Related to the meaning of words
10-code
Radio communications system using codes that begin with the word ten
Radio Band
A range of frequencies
Radio Frequency
Number of times the radio wave oscillates per second
Ultra-High Frequency (UHF)
300 mhz-3000 mhz
Prehospital Care Report
The written record of an EMS response
EMS Response Communications
Detection and citizen access
Automatic collision notification
Call taking and emergency response
Prearrival instructions
Call coordination and incident recording
Discussion with medical direction
Transfer communications
Back in service
Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)
Any agency that takes emergency calls from citizens in a given region and dispatches the emergency resources necessary to respond to individual call for help
Automatic Collision Notification System (ACN)
Data collection and transmission system that can automatically contact a national call center or local public safety answering point and transmit specific crash data
Emergency Medical Dispatcher (EMD)
The person who manages an EMS system's response and readiness
Priority Dispatching
System that uses medically approved questions and predetermined guidelines to determing appropriate level of response
Prearrival Instructions
Dispatcher's instructions to caller for approprate emergency measures
Simplex System
Communications system that transmits and receives on the same frequency
Duplex System
Communications system that allows simultaneous two-way communications by using two frequencies for each channel
Multiplex
Duplex system that can transmit voice and data simultaneously
Trunking
Communications system that pools all frequencies and routes transmissions to the next available frequency
Digital Communications
Data or sounds translated to a digital code for transmission
Mobile Data Terminal (MDT)
Vehicle mounted computer keyboard and display
Cellular Telephone System
Telephone System divided into regions, or cells, that are served by radio base stations
Facsimile Machine (fax)
Device for electrically transmitting and receiving printed information
Touch Pad
Computer on which you enter data by touching areas of the display screen
Slander
To orally defame another person
Libel
To defame another person in writing
Protocol
Predetermined written guidelines for patient care
Echo Procedure
Immediately repeating each transmission received during radio communications
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Agency that controls all nongovernmental communications in the US