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  2. Hospital emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Hospital emergency codes are coded messages often announced over a public address system of a hospital to alert staff to various classes of on-site emergencies. The use of codes is intended to convey essential information quickly and with minimal misunderstanding to staff while preventing stress and panic among visitors to the hospital.

  3. Nuclear football - Wikipedia

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    The Black Book containing the retaliatory options, a book listing classified site locations, a manila folder with eight or ten pages stapled together giving a description of procedures for the Emergency Alert System, and a three-by-five-inch [7.5 × 13 cm] card with authentication codes. The Black Book was about 9 by 12 inches [23 × 30 cm] and ...

  4. Four-minute warning - Wikipedia

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    The four-minute warning was a public alert system conceived by the British Government during the Cold War and operated between 1953 and 1992. The name derived from the approximate length of time from the point at which a Soviet nuclear missile attack against the United Kingdom could be confirmed and the impact of those missiles on their targets.

  5. Medical alarm - Wikipedia

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    A medical alarm [1] is an alarm system designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to summon emergency medical personnel. Other terms for a medical alarm are Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) or medical alert. It is especially important to recognize the need to respond to situations where the person is ...

  6. Vessel emergency codes - Wikipedia

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    Red Parties, Red Parties, Red Parties is used by Disney Cruise Line over the PA system to alert the crew of a fire or possible fire on board the ship. Star code, star code, star code is a code for a medical emergency aboard Celebrity ships. Zulu, Zulu, Zulu is the code for a fight aboard most cruise lines. See also. Hospital emergency codes

  7. Emergency Severity Index - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Dept. Entrance. The Emergency Severity Index (ESI) is a five-level emergency department triage algorithm, initially developed in 1998 by emergency physicians Richard Wurez and David Eitel. [1] It was previously maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) but is currently maintained by the Emergency Nurses ...

  8. 911 system goes down statewide in Massachusetts - AOL

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    Marlene Lenthang. June 18, 2024 at 4:13 PM. Joseph Prezioso. The 911 emergency system was down statewide for over an hour in Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon. State officials notified the public ...

  9. Specific Area Message Encoding - Wikipedia

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    Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...