Most emergency or shock-treatment centres contain a CT scanner in order to assess trauma victims. CT scans can pinpoint internal bleeding both in the brain and throughout the body.
Whitewater cascaded through the gate of the Morganza Floodway in Louisiana, part of an emergency effort to bulwark Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the rising Mississippi River.
Whitewater cascaded through the gate of the Morganza Floodway in Louisiana, part of an emergency effort to bulwark Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the rising Mississippi River.
Whitewater cascaded through the gate of the Morganza Floodway in Louisiana, part of an emergency effort to bulwark Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the rising Mississippi River.
Whitewater cascaded through the gate of the Morganza Floodway in Louisiana, part of an emergency effort to bulwark Baton Rouge and New Orleans from the rising Mississippi River.
A leaking battery prompted an All Nippon Airways jet to make an emergency landing. It was unclear if the batteries caused the problems that led aviation regulators in India, Europe and the Middle East to ground the 787s.
Today JetBlue air steward Steven Slater pleaded guilty to attempted criminal mischief. He quit in August after having a row with a passenger, making his exit via the emergency exit slide.
Her doctor called an ambulance and before she knew it, Rosette Babkian was in the emergency unit. For the next seven hours, hospital staff ran a battery of tests, but couldn't find the problem.
Tensions remain high at the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas. China is reported to be pushing for an emergency meeting between the two countries, also bringing in Russia, Japan and the US.
A growing number of Greeks say they will not pay an emergency property tax. The levy is meant to plug a budget short-fall brought on by a deeper-than-expected recession.
A growing number of Greeks say they will not pay an emergency property tax. The levy is meant to plug a budget short-fall brought on by a deeper-than-expected recession.
Contestants of a spicy curry-eating contest in Scotland vied for a purely Pyrrhic victory, many getting sick and two requiring trips to the emergency room.
A state of emergency has been declared in Hungary, where 600,000 - 700,000 cubic meters of toxic sludge has escaped from a reservoir at an alumina plant.