How do you communicate with an EMS technician?

Give assessment information about your patient, but avoid offering a field diagnosis of the patient’s problem. For example, say, “Patient complains of abdominal pain” rather than “Patient probably has appendicitis.” Avoid slang or abbreviations that are not authorized. Use EMS frequencies for only authorized EMS communication.

How do I select a EMS base station Radio?

To select a channel on an EMS base station radio, you should set the channel selector on the local primary channel as used in your area. The channel select button must be depressed in order to transmit on the selected frequency.

How can EMS improve communication skills?

Interpersonal communication is often challenging in EMS. Adopting best practices can improve communication capabilities significantly. • Confidentiality, patient refusals, and falsification of records are all-important legal concepts that an EMT must consider when documenting a call.

What is emergency medical communication?

Emergency medical communication comes in many forms and is essential to team-based patient care. • The medical radio report is structured to present pertinent facts about the patient without providing more detail than necessary. Interpersonal communication is often challenging in EMS.

What should an EMT say over the radio?

Say “Fifteen, one-five.” Anything said over the radio can be heard by the public on a scanner. Do not use the patient’s name over the radio. For the same reason, do not use profanities or statements that tend to slander any person. Use objective, impartial statements. Use “we” instead of “l.” As an EMT, you will rarely be acting alone.

How do you send an ambulance to a wrong location?

Use plain English. Avoid codes. Initial call often comes via telephone but may be radioed from another agency. • Without prompt and efficient dispatch and receipt of information, ambulances can be sent to the wrong location. Many transmissions are between the mobile radio within the ambulance and the dispatcher at a base station.