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Emerance Maschmeyer
Emerance Maschmeyer, Canadian goaltender (born 1994, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta), Olympic gold 2022 and silver 2026, Harvard saves record holder, PWHL Vancouver Goldeneyes goalie after two Ottawa seasons.
Emeraude Marine Oil and Gas Field
Emeraude Marine is a shallow-water offshore oil field off Pointe-Noire in the Republic of the Congo, discovered in 1969 as the country's first major oil field.
Emeraude Surf School
Emeraude Surf School, a surf school founded 1 April 2015 by Robin Henry on Longchamp beach, Saint-Lunaire, Côte d'Émeraude, Brittany; surf and SUP lessons, rentals from €10, season 1 April to 7 November.
Emeraude Toubia
Emeraude Toubia (born 1989, Montreal) is a Mexican-Lebanese-American actress and producer known as Isabelle Lightwood on Shadowhunters (2016–2019) and Lily Diaz on With Love (2021–2023), plus the 2025 horror film Rosario.
EMERGE-Cryo trial
EMERGE-Cryo (NCT05294445), also called EMERGE Cryo, is a German randomized trial of first-line cryoballoon ablation versus antiarrhythmic drugs in 350 emergency department patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation.
Emergence
Emergence is the appearance of novel system-level properties or behaviors that the individual components lack, seen in bird flocks, traffic jams, phase transitions, and, on some accounts, consciousness.
Emergence (TV series)
Emergence (TV series): American ABC science fiction mystery drama created by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, starring Allison Tolman as police chief Jo Evans and Alexa Swinton as Piper; aired one 13-episode season from September 24, 2019 to January 28, 2020 before cancellation.
Emergence Capital
Emergence Capital is a San Francisco venture capital firm, founded in 2003 by Jason Green, Brian Jacobs, and Gordon Ritter, that invests in early-stage enterprise software companies like Salesforce and Zoom.
Emergence Therapeutics
Emergence Therapeutics AG was a Duisburg, Germany-based biopharmaceutical company that developed antibody–drug conjugates targeting Nectin-4, emerged from stealth with an €87 million Series A in 2021, and was acquired by Eli Lilly in 2023.
Emergency
A state of emergency is a legally defined, time-limited condition granting the executive extraordinary powers against threats like war, disaster, or epidemic, subject to judicial and parliamentary control.
Emergency Alert System
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is the United States' national broadcast alerting system, established in 1997 to relay emergency messages from federal, state, and local authorities to the public.
Emergency Banking Act
The Emergency Banking Act was a 1933 US law passed during Franklin D. Roosevelt's bank holiday that let the government decide which banks could reopen, restoring confidence.
Emergency Broadcast System
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) was the United States' national emergency alerting system for radio and television from 1963 to the 1990s, established by President Kennedy.
Emergency contraception
Emergency contraception: post-coital pregnancy prevention methods, including ulipristal acetate (ella/ellaOne), levonorgestrel (Plan B), the copper IUD, and the Yuzpe regimen, with mechanisms, efficacy, BMI effects, access rules, and the 2022 FDA nonabortifacient label change.
Emergency core cooling system
The emergency core cooling system (ECCS) is a nuclear reactor safety system of pumps, valves, and tanks that cools fuel rods when normal cooling fails.
Emergency Couple (응급남녀)
Emergency Couple (응급남녀) is a 2014 tvN Korean medical romantic comedy, 21 episodes, directed by Kim Cheol-kyu, starring Song Ji-hyo and Choi Jin-hyuk as divorced exes reunited as ER interns.
Emergency Declaration (비상선언) (film)
Emergency Declaration (비상선언) is a 2022 South Korean aviation-disaster thriller written and directed by Han Jae-rim, about a bioterrorist attack on a passenger flight from Incheon to Hawaii.
Emergency department
Emergency department (ED, ER, A&E): hospital unit for unscheduled acute care, open 24/7. Key facts: acuity triage (ESI, IITT), crowding driven by inpatient boarding, urgent care centers divert some ED visits.
Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008
The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, known as the Paulson Plan or Wall Street bailout, was a US law signed October 3, 2008, authorizing $700 billion in troubled-asset purchases through TARP.
Emergency exit sign
An emergency exit sign is a permanently installed sign marking an exit or escape route, lit by LED, photoluminescent, or external light, showing "EXIT" or the ISO 7010 running man.
Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia
The Emergency Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PDRI) was a mobile government formed in West Sumatra in December 1948 after the Dutch captured Yogyakarta.
Emergency landing
An emergency landing is a landing made when an aircraft can no longer continue its flight under normal procedures, whether from engine failure, fire, weather, or a medical emergency.
Emergency light
An emergency light is a battery-backed luminaire that switches on automatically when normal lighting fails, illuminating escape routes and exits so occupants can evacuate a building safely.
Emergency locator transmitter
An emergency locator transmitter (ELT) is a battery-operated aircraft radio transmitter that activates on crash forces and broadcasts a distress signal to help rescuers locate the downed plane.
Emergency management
Emergency management is the governmental function of mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from all hazards. Key facts: four-phase cycle, FEMA (1979), all-hazards approach (NGA 1979), Post-Katrina Act 2006, Sendai Framework 2015–2030.
Emergency medical dispatch
Emergency medical dispatch (EMD) is the process in emergency medical services in which call takers triage emergency calls and give callers pre-arrival instructions before responders arrive.
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services (EMS): organized system delivering prehospital emergency care from call to hospital handover. Key facts: Larrey's 1794 system, Cincinnati 1865 first civilian ambulance, 1966 NAS report, NHTSA oversight, WHO 2025 ambulance guidance.
Emergency medical technician
An emergency medical technician (EMT) is a basic life support clinician on the American EMS workforce ladder, assessing patients and providing care and ambulance transport.
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
EMTALA, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, is a 1986 US federal law (COBRA, Social Security Act Section 1867) requiring Medicare-participating hospital emergency departments to screen, stabilize, and appropriately transfer all patients regardless of ability to pay, enforced by CMS and the HHS OIG.
Emergency medicine
Emergency medicine: medical specialty for unscheduled evaluation, treatment, and prevention of unexpected illness and injury. Also called EM; recognized as the 23rd US medical specialty in 1979; spans prehospital EMS, triage, and emergency department care.