Customer Service Standards
Across
- 3. repetitive persistence will help most callers to regain this
- 6. These are often viewed by the caller as indecision or incompetence on the part of the calltaker
- 10. Callers expecting to be treated in a competent, professional, respectful manner and to have their incident taken seriously is address through the caltaker’s ________________
- 11. in order to avoid having a caller hang up when placed on hold a call taker should do this (2 words)
- 14. telling a caller that help is on the way and that someone will tell them what to do until help arrives is doing this (2 words)
- 15. noncommittal reassurance (2 words)
- 17. Often the calltaker’s ________ makes the difference between a positive and a negative experience with the entire emergency services system
- 18. behaviors asking permission to give instructions is an example of this (2 words)
Down
- 1. The calltaker avoids any statement that may create _____________ or unrealistic expectations for the caller
- 2. this type of behavior may create feelings of anger, confusion, anxiety, or helplessness for the caller, patient, victim, or family
- 4. the practice of providing confident, compassionate, and personalized care for callers, patients, and victims. (2 words)
- 5. The calltaker’s tone and volume provide a degree of ______________ to callers that the emergency is being handled by a professional they can trust
- 7. Calltakers must do this with the caller’s emotions while directing and encouraging the caller to help the patient or victim
- 8. using the caller’s name or title whenever possible is a good example of this but Simply repeating a title or name without using other appropriate calming and/or communication techniques does not meet the minimum performance for this standard (2 words)
- 9. Often after providing the address of the emergency, the phone number, and a brief description of what is happening callers will attempt to do this to the call
- 12. using words and phrases consistent with professional, compassionate communication is a display of this
- 13. request repeated verbatim + a reason for request (2 words)
- 16. one way the attitude of the calltaker is conveyed (2 words)