FREE PARAMEDICEMT AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE PARAMEDIC/EMT AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

CHAPTER 4 EXAM QUESTIONS

Actual Qs and Ans Expert-Verified Explanation

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-Guarantee passing score -28 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: cellular telephone

Answer:

a low-power portable radio that communicates through an interconnected series of repeater stations called "cells"

Question 2: UHF (ultra-high frequency)

Answer:

radio frequencies between 300 and 3,000 MHz

Question 3: scanner

Answer:

a radio receiver that searches or "scans" across several frequencies until the message is completed; the process is then repeated

Question 4: dedicated line

Answer:

a special telephone line that is used for specific point-to-point communications; also known as a "hot line"

Question 5: duplex

Answer:

the ability to transmit and receive simultaneously

Question 6: mobile data terminals (MDT)

Answer:

small computer terminals inside ambulances that directly receive data from the dispatch center

Question 7: VHF (very high frequency)

Answer:

radio frequencies between 30 and 300 MHz; the VHF soectrum is further divided into "high" and "low" bands

Question 8: paging

Answer:

the use of a radio signal and a voice or digital message that is transmitted to pagers ("beepers") or desktop monitor radios

Question 9: cultural imposition

Answer:

when one imposes his or her beliefs, values, and practices on another because he or she believes his or her ideas are superior

Question 10: standing orders

Answer:

written documents, signed by the EMS system's medical director, that outline specific directions, permissions, and sometimes prohibitions regarding patient care; also called protocols

Question 11: rapport

Answer:

a trusting relationship that you build with your patient

Question 12: telemetry

Answer:

a process in which electronic signals are converted into coded, audible signals; these signals can then be transmitted by radio or telephone to a receiver with a decoder at the hospital

Question 13: close-ended questions

Answer:

questions that can be answered in short or single word responses

Question 14: base station

Answer:

any radio hardware containing a transmitter and receiver that is located in a fixed place

Question 15: simplex

Answer:

single-frequency radio; transmissions can occur in either direction but not simultaneously in both; when one party transmits, the other can only receive, and the party that is transmitting is unable to receive.

Question 16: proxemics

Answer:

the study of space between people and its effects on communication

Question 17: ethnocentrism

Answer:

when a person considers his or her own cultural values as more important when interacting with people of a different culture

Question 18: MED channels

Answer:

VHF and UHF channels that the Federal Communications Commission has designated exclusively for EMS use

Question 19: patient care report (PCR)

Answer:

the legal document used to record all patient care activities. this report has direct patient care functions but also administrative and quality control functions. PCRs are also known as prehospital care reports

Question 20: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Answer:

the federal agency that has jurisdiction over interstate and international telephone and telegraph services and satellite communications, all of which may involve EMS activty.

Question 21: open-ended questions

Answer:

questions for which the patient must provide detail to give an answer

Question 22: channel

Answer:

an assigned frequency or frequencies that are used to carry voice and/or data communications

Question 23: documentation

Answer:

the written portion of the EMT's patient interaction. this becomes part of the patients permanent medical record

Question 24: trunking

Answer:

telecommunication systems that allow a computer to maximize utilization of a group of frequencies

Question 25: therapeutic communication

Answer:

verbal and nonverbal communication techniques that encourage patients to express their feelings and to achieve a positive relationship

Question 26: repeater

Answer:

a special base station radio that receives messages and signals on one frequency and then automatically retransmits them on a second frequency

Question 27: communication

Answer:

the transmission of information to another person-- verbally or through body language

Question 28: noise

Answer:

anything that dampens or obscures the true meaning of a message