An emergency procedure is a plan of actions to be conducted in a certain order or manner, in response to a specific class of reasonably foreseeable emergency...

Mayday is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal in voice-procedure radio communications. It is used to signal a life-threatening...

An emergency ascent is an ascent to the surface by a diver in an emergency. More specifically, it refers to any of several procedures for reaching the...

Emergency Preservation and Resuscitation (EPR) is an experimental medical procedure where an emergency department patient is cooled into suspended animation...

a flooded demand valve is both a routine procedure and an emergency procedure. It is an emergency procedure because if the DV is not cleared, the diver...

Elective surgery or elective procedure is surgery that is scheduled in advance because it does not involve a medical emergency. Semi-elective surgery is...

operating procedures for using the equipment and dealing with the general hazards of the underwater environment, and emergency procedures for self-help...

decide whether it qualifies as an emergency. The precise definition of an emergency, the agencies involved and the procedures used, vary by jurisdiction, and...

standard operating procedures, a description of the organisational hierarchy, contact details for key personnel and emergency procedures. It does not substitute...

for emergency assistance but help is slow coming, so fearing for the patient's life decides to undertake a cricothyrotomy himself - a procedure he has...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure consisting of chest compressions often combined with artificial ventilation, or mouth to...

such as succinylcholine, rocuronium, and vecuronium, used when an emergency procedure such as rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is required Antipsychotics...

support – Emergency medical care Advanced trauma life support – American medical training program Cardiopulmonary resuscitation – Emergency procedure for cardiac...

event of an engine failure or tail-rotor failure. It is a common emergency procedure taught to helicopter pilots as part of their training. In normal...

the protocol is activated to alert specialists and begin special emergency procedures like mass casualty triage and decontamination. Major haemorrhage...

the free dictionary. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure to assist someone who has suffered cardiac arrest. CPR may also refer...

intestine) is removed. Appendectomy is normally performed as an urgent or emergency procedure to treat complicated acute appendicitis. Appendectomy may be performed...

on to the Entry Flight Director, LeRoy Cain, who initiated contingency procedures.: 44  At KSC, where Columbia had been expected to land at 9:16, NASA Associate...

tracheotomy tube is referred to as decannulation. A cannula is used in an emergency procedure to relieve pressure and bloating in cattle and sheep with ruminal...

to use a procedure of 'rescuing' STEMI patients from the Emergency Rooms of hospitals without PCI labs, and transporting them, on an emergency basis, to...

Neonatal resuscitation, also known as newborn resuscitation, is an emergency procedure focused on supporting approximately 10% of newborn children who do...

and location of boats and people in distress at sea. emergency swimming ascent Emergency procedure where the diver makes an ascent at approximately neutral...

Venous cutdown is an emergency procedure in which the vein is exposed surgically and then a cannula is inserted into the vein under direct vision. It...

called an appendectomy. This removal is normally performed as an emergency procedure when the patient is suffering from acute appendicitis. In the absence...

trauma patient who has sustained severe thoracic or abdominal trauma. The procedure allows immediate direct access to the thoracic cavity, permitting rescuers...

referred to as thromboembolectomy or thrombectomy. Embolectomy is an emergency procedure often as the last resort because permanent occlusion of a significant...

a term in the game of baseball Emergency Response, incident response team or emergency procedure related to emergency services English Reports of the...

the emergency procedure, but was not able to do so against the internal pressure. Chaffee was found strapped into his right-hand seat, as procedure called...

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...

Fuel dumping (or a fuel jettison) is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff...