central coordination area of a communication system that is in contact with other coponents of a system
Base Station
transmission of biological data by a radio or other form of communication to a distant location such as a hospital
biotelemetry
part of the communication system that coordinates receiving calls, triage, dispatch, and other activities of an EMS system
Communication center
terminal located in the ambulance that allows the EMT's to communicate with the dispatcher by computer screen; units can also be tracked
computerized mobile data terminal
nationally recognized method for training dispatchers in the systematic questioning of people calling 911 and, when necessary, providing phone-direction system
emergency medical dispatch
government agency responsible for regulating all aspeccts of radio communications in the US
Fedreal communications commission FCC
radio contained within vehicles that allows transmission through the dispatch or medical direction
mobile two-way radio
individual who receives the call for assistance
recieiving operator
strategically based receiver and transmitter that accepts signals from a portable unit or mobile radio and relays them with a more powerful transmission
repeater system
bidirectional adiovisual communicaton between EMT at scene and medical direction