The E-Sponder software will use mass notification tools such as cell phones, email, pagers, and global social media forms like Facebook to alert personnel about ongoing incidents.

CDC and my people are already alerting local medical personnel, and will work with them closely.

Mr. Manske could find no use for his color-change technology until the early 1970's, when the World Health Organization asked for a device that would alert medical personnel when a package of vaccine was ruined because of exposure to high temperatures.

He was believed dead after finally being evacuated and was being zipped up in a body bag when he mustered the last of his strength and spit in the face of a medic, thereby alerting nearby medical personnel that he was still alive.

In RoboCop 2, RoboCop's right arm contained a display that alerted personnel to his health status.

But Bradshaw suggested in an interview Wednesday night that in the future athletes infected with H.I.V. or AIDS should alert medical personnel to their condition.

The term duress code typically refers to a signal embedded in normal communication, such as a word or phrase used during conversation to alert other personnel of the duress.

But it will also alert personnel here when unauthorized Bajoran travelers have been detected in the regions that are known to be frequented by terrorists.

I've got every sensor tuned to her registered patterns, and I've discreetly alerted key personnel.

Red lights come on automatically to alert any and all personnel that GQ is in effect, and in many parts of the ship, the red lighting completely replaces normal lighting.