Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom

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	ipedia.com: Emergency telephone number Article
		The first emergency number system to be deployed was in London, United Kingdom on June 30, 1937.
		In the NANP (mainly the United States), 3-1-1 is the new urgent telephone number, that can be used to contact the police and other services to report minor incidents and historic crime that does not endanger life, to avoid overloading 9-1-1.
		The number is intended to be used only in an emergency.
	www.ipedia.com /emergency_telephone_number.html (1252 words)

	Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, for example, the number 0845 46 47 can also be dialled for NHS Direct, a non-emergency medical service.
		In the North American Numbering Plan (mainly the United States), 3-1-1 is the new urgent telephone number, that can be used to contact the police and other services to report minor incidents and historic crime that does not endanger life, to avoid overloading 9-1-1.
		In the past, calls to the emergency telephone number were often routed over special dedicated circuits, though with the advent of electronic exchanges these calls are now often mixed with ordinary telephone traffic, but may be able to access circuits that other traffic cannot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emergency_telephone_number (1252 words)

	US Spectrum Requirements: Projections and Trends - Endnotes
		However, telepoint services in Hong Kong are doing satisfactorily and has begun to make a profit, with a reported 70,000 plus subscribers, compared to the 9,000 subscribers in the United Kingdom.
		In the United Kingdom, telepoint services failed to attract many subscribers and the industry has recently decided to terminate telepoint services in the United Kingdom.
		It is not known how successful telepoint services will be in the United States.
	www.ntia.doc.gov /openness/sp_rqmnts/endnotes.html (13190 words)

	Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, for example, the number 0845 46 47 can also be dialled for NHS Direct, a non-emergency medical service.
		In the NANP (mainly the United States), 3-1-1 is the new urgent telephone number, that can be used to contact the police and other services to report minor incidents and historic crime that does not endanger life, to avoid overloading 9-1-1.
		Many countries' public telephone networks have a single emergency telephone number, sometimes known as the universal emergency telephone number or occasionally the emergency services number, that allows a caller to contact local emergency services for assistance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emergency_service_number (13190 words)

	USNS Comfort Underway
		Aboard U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort nurses and doctors from the Baltic region, the United Kingdom and the United States become familiar with the ship's casualty receiving area by practicing emergency medical assistance on computerized prosthetic patients.
		The players, who have come together to participate in NATO's Rescuer/Medical Exercise Central Europe 02 and hail from the Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, United Kingdom, German, Swedish, Polish, and U.S. military services took advantage of short break between training sessions.
		Dean Bradford, master of Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort, greets Her Royal Highness, The Princess Anne, part of the United Kingdom's Royal Family, who toured Comfort July 11 while the ship was docked in Southampton, England.
	www.msc.navy.mil /N00P/photos.htm (1227 words)

	Sahha.gov.mt - Healthcare in Malta
		Citizens of the United Kingdom (including Gibraltar, the Channel Islands) and Northern Ireland are exempted from the production of a valid EHIC when they call at a public hospital or government health care centre to be given emergency medical care.
		Bills will eventually be issued to the EU institution indicated on the EHIC and it shall include the cost of being conveyed to a public hospital/health centre by emergency ambulance if their emergency care so requires.
		If a sickness needs the usage of drugs/medicines or the usage of medical devices at a primary care level or at out-patient level or after discharge from daycare or inpatient car (except the first 3 days for drugs/medicines), a prescription from a licensed medical practitioner is required.
	www.sahha.gov.mt /pages.aspx?page=184 (1920 words)

	CHC Helicopter Corp shares from FramedShare.co.uk
		CHC principally provides helicopter transportation services to the oil and gas industry for production and exploration activities, as well as emergency medical and search and rescue services.
		The Company operates in over 20 countries, with major operating units in Norway, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia and Canada.
		CHC Helicopter Corporation is a provider of helicopter transportation services to the global oil and gas industry.
	www.framedshare.co.uk /Product.asp?shareid=1853 (551 words)

	Stornoway Port Authority - SAR Facilities
		The Coastguard's work closely with all the other emergency services for incidents such as medical transfers, mountain rescues and land based searches.
		Her Majesty's Coastguard (part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency) is responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of maritime search and rescue on the coastline, cliffs and waters surrounding the United Kingdom.
		HM Coastguard Stornoway is often used to co-ordinate the rescue and/or assistance for vessels of other nations when difficulties arise and can provide a link for medical advice on MF and VHF radio.
	www.stornoway-portauthority.com /sar.htm (257 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Derbyshire: Ripley
		Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Derbyshire: Government (6)
		Ripley and District Responder Scheme - Local volunteers who provide an immediate emergency medical response to 999 calls.
		Ripley Rhinos Rugby Football Club - Includes fixtures, results, match reports, coaching services and history.
	dmoz.org /Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Derbyshire/Ripley (249 words)

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		CREDITS: I wish to thank Rick Rozoski, Coordinator of the International Police Diver Symposium and the members of the Emergency Services Diving Association for their support in making this Bibliography possible.
		Training Division, Police Diving Standards Committee-United Kingdom, Northumbria Police Printing Department, NOV 1992, no ISBN, A full technical reference manual to standards, training, operations and supervision of police divers.
		Diving in High Risk Environments by Steve M. Barsky, Dive Rescue Inc International, 2619 Canton Court, Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 / 1990 / ISBN 0-929905-04-0 / 8 Chapters / 118 pages, The conduct of diving in marine environments where chemical, radioactive or bacteriological or other risks are known or suspected to be present.
	www.diverescue.com /biblio.html (249 words)

	Hospital Management - Whittington Hospital, London, United Kingdom
		The Turnberg Review, set up in June 1997 to consider the future provision of London's health services, highlighted the "urgent need [for] capital investment" at the Whittington to enable it to continue its role in "serving [its] local population yet remaining a significant centre for medical education".
		The new facilities, which will be built on the existing prominent North London site, will be located in a new building connecting directly to the existing ward, theatre, outpatient and emergency department facilities.
		The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust is an acute general teaching hospital situated in the area between Archway and Waterlow Park in the London Borough of Islington.
	www.hospitalmanagement.net /projects/whittington (249 words)

	Internet Public Library: Health & Medical Sciences
		"medicdirect is an innovative health website hosted by some of the leading medical consultants in the United Kingdom, providing a comprehensive health information website written by recognised experts in their particular field of medicine." This site provides a comprehensive guide for health and medical information.
		The health and medical sciences collection covers all aspects of human and animal health and medicine.
		Included among the many topics are: anatomy, cardiology, emergency medicine, health care reform, history of medicine, nursing, pediatrics, radiology, sports medicine, surgery, and tropical medicine.
	www.ipl.org /div/subject/browse/hea00.00 (2624 words)

	Emergency telephone number - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the United Kingdom, for example, the number 0845 46 47 can also be dialled for NHS Direct, a non-emergency medical service.
		In the North American Numbering Plan, 3-1-1 is the new urgent telephone number, that can be used to contact the police and other services to report minor incidents and historic crime that does not endanger life, to avoid overloading 9-1-1.
		In countries where 1-1-2 is not the standard emergency telephone number, GSM telephone users who make calls to 1-1-2 generally have their calls redirected to the local emergency telephone number, if it exists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emergency_telephone_number (2226 words)

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