emergency
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Apple’s Emergency SOS Via Satellite is Now Available in Australia, Here’s How It Works
Emergency SOS via Satellite is now available to iPhone 14 users in Australia. Here’s what it does and how to set yourself up for (god forbid) an emergency.
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Apocalypse Whenever: New York City Sends Quirky Nuclear War PSA
Sometimes it feels like we’re closer than even than to the end of the world, and apparently New York City Emergency Management feels the same way, as the city department released a nuclear attack survival guide.
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Drastic Decline in American ER Visits Suggests Many People Avoided Critical Medical Care in March and April
A new study out Monday seems to confirm anecdotal reports from health care workers: Emergency rooms across the U.S. saw a massive decline in visits in March and April, possibly because people feared contracting covid-19 if they sought medical care.
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Australian Emergency Calls From Mobiles Now Have Location Information
Of the 8.3 million calls made to Triple Zero (000) for fire, police or ambulance services in 2014 to 2015, 66.9 per cent — 5.6 million — were from mobile phones. Now calls to 000 from mobile phones will contain improved location information, following upgrades to the 000 service.