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NREMT Paramedic

Category - Operations

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Plain text, or plain English is preferred over 10-codes, jargon and other code systems when communicating via radio frequency for which of the following reasons:
  1. So everyone listening over scanners clearly understands what is happening in the city
  2. Because dispatchers can’t remember 10-codes
  3. Because 10 codes often differ between agencies and can thus create confusion and even dangerous situations when they lead to misunderstandings
  4. Because jargon requires a higher level of training
Explanation
Answer: C - While codes have been developed by individual agencies to keep radio traffic brief, what has been sacrificed for the brevity is clarity. In most areas, multiple agencies are communicating on frequencies and plain English is the least likely form of communication to be misunderstood.
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