Community awareness of emergency phone numbers

M. Eisenberg, A. Hallstrom and L. Becker

American Journal of Public Health, 1981, vol. 71, issue 9, 1058-1060

Abstract: Knowledge of numbers to call for medical emergencies was compared among communities with three different call numbers: 1) 911; 2) regional seven-digit numbers; and, 3) local seven-digit numbers. Correct responses were 85 per cent in the 911 communities; 47 per cent in areas with regional systems, and 36 per cent in areas with local systems. Persons living adjacent to a 911 area were more likely to believe 911 was the emergency number (28 per cent) than persons not adjacent to 911 areas (12 per cent).

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.71.9.1058

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