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minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 day agoIn Celsius? You’re cooked! Edit: 112 is a common emergency services # in the EU, akin to 911, for any Americans wondering
minus-squareuncouple9831@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-220 hours agoOh, y’all don’t do 999 like the Brits? (I always thought that was a little too easy to go by accident tbh) But yeah 112f so eleventry-seveen Celsius. (44.5 according to a unit converter) According to wikipedia, 112 is technically possible but unlikely The highest recorded body temperature recorded in a patient who survived hyperthermia is 46.5 °C (115.7 °F 40/104 is considered a life threatening emergency
minus-squareIggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·23 hours agoDon’t forget that 999 was chosen in the era of rotary phones - it was (iirc) chosen explicitly because it was hard to dial accidentally.
minus-squareuncouple9831@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·20 hours agoOh true. Rotary phones were neat.
minus-squareSeptimaeus@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThere are a few countries that use 999 in addition, or for specific services like ambulance. (Ireland, Poland, Guernsey, and a few others IIRC.) 112 is just one of the more common.
In Celsius? You’re cooked!
Edit: 112 is a common emergency services # in the EU, akin to 911, for any Americans wondering
Oh, y’all don’t do 999 like the Brits? (I always thought that was a little too easy to go by accident tbh)
But yeah 112f so eleventry-seveen Celsius. (44.5 according to a unit converter)
According to wikipedia, 112 is technically possible but unlikely
40/104 is considered a life threatening emergency
Don’t forget that 999 was chosen in the era of rotary phones - it was (iirc) chosen explicitly because it was hard to dial accidentally.
Oh true. Rotary phones were neat.
There are a few countries that use 999 in addition, or for specific services like ambulance. (Ireland, Poland, Guernsey, and a few others IIRC.) 112 is just one of the more common.