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Emergency Care: Chapter 17: Communication+Documentation
Chapter 17 terms from "Emergency Care: 12th Edition" by Daniel Limmer and Michael F. O'Keefe.
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02/11/2013

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Base station
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A two-way radio at a fixed site such as a hospital or dispatch center.
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Mobile radio
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A two-way radio that is used or affixed in a vehicle.
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Watt
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The unit of measurement of the output power of a radio.
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Portable radio
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A handheld two-way radio.
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Repeater
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A device that picks up signals from lower-power radio units, such as mobile and portable radios, and retransmits them at a higher power. It allows low-power radio stations to be transmitted over longer distances.
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Cell phone
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A phone that transmits through the air instead of over wires so that the phone can be transported and used over a wide area.
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Drop report (or transfer report)
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An abbreviated form of the PCR that an EMS crew can leave at the hospital when there is not enough time to complete the PCR before leaving.
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