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911. 112 and 911. Other number, no redirection or redirection for mobile phones only. 911, sometimes written 9-1-1, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, [2] and Uruguay, as well as the North American Numbering Plan ...
A public health emergency of international concern ( PHEIC / feɪk / FAYK) is a formal declaration by the World Health Organization (WHO) of "an extraordinary event which is determined to constitute a public health risk to other States through the international spread of disease and to potentially require a coordinated international response ...
Every state in India has been under a state of emergency at some point of time or the other. The state of emergency is commonly known as ' President's Rule ' and is usually not referred to as 'State Emergency' for a number of reasons. If the President is satisfied, based on the report of the Governor of the concerned state or from other sources ...
t. e. The National Emergencies Act ( NEA) ( Pub. L. 94–412, 90 Stat. 1255, enacted September 14, 1976, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1601 –1651) is a United States federal law passed to end all previous national emergencies and to formalize the emergency powers of the President. The Act empowers the President to activate special powers during a ...
Emergency management. A mobile emergency operations center, in this case operated by the Air National Guard. "Emergency management" or "disaster management " is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters. [1]
Shock is the state of insufficient blood flow to the tissues of the body as a result of problems with the circulatory system. [1] [2] Initial symptoms of shock may include weakness, fast heart rate, fast breathing, sweating, anxiety, and increased thirst. [1] This may be followed by confusion, unconsciousness, or cardiac arrest, as ...
Stupor. A patient in catatonic stupor. Specialty. Neurology, Psychiatry. Stupor is the lack of critical mental function and a level of consciousness, in which an affected person is almost entirely unresponsive and responds only to intense stimuli such as pain. [1] The word derives from the Latin stupor ("numbness, insensibility").
Tornado emergency. A tornado emergency is an enhanced version of a tornado warning, which is used by the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States during imminent, significant tornado occurrences in highly populated areas. Although it is not a new warning type from the NWS, issued instead within a severe weather statement or in the ...