A pre-hospital team is managing a patient in a rural location with no mobile phone signal. They need to communicate with ambulance control. What alter...

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A pre-hospital team is managing a patient in a rural location with no mobile phone signal. They need to communicate with ambulance control. What alternative communication method should they use?

Accepted Answer

Airwave radio (TETRA network) - the resilient national radio network for emergency services that functions independently of commercial mobile networks

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Shout to the nearest house and ask them to call 999

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Use social media to request help

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Wait for mobile signal to return

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Send a text message - texts work without signal

uk-dipimc MCQ (SBA): Airwave Radio Communication

A pre-hospital team is managing a patient in a rural location with no mobile phone signal. They need to communicate with ambulance control. What alternative communication method should they use?