Emergency Care 13th Edition Chapter 15 Flashcards
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| 4998568198 | base station | a two-way radio at a fixed site such as a hospital or dispatch center. |  | 0 |
| 4998568199 | cell phone | a phone that transmits through the air instead of over wires so the phone can be transported and used over a wide area. |  | 1 |
| 4998568200 | drop report (or transfer report) | 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. | 2 | |
| 4998568201 | mobile radio | a two-way radio that is used or affixed in a vehicle. | 3 | |
| 4998568202 | portable radio | a handheld two-way radio. | 4 | |
| 4998568203 | repeater | 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 signals to be transmitted over longer distances. | 5 | |
| 4998568204 | telemetry | the process of sending and receiving data wirelessly. | 6 | |
| 4998568205 | watt | the unit of measurement of the output power of a radio. | 7 |