pager
Doctor's hip accessory
A pager is a small wireless device that receives short messages or alerts, typically signaling the wearer to call a specific number.
Before cell phones became ubiquitous, pagers were standard equipment for doctors, emergency responders, and drug dealers alike: The surgeon's pager went off during dinner.
They persist in hospitals where cell signals are unreliable.
One who accepts transmission
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- MotorolaAmerican electronics corporation
- two-wayOperating in both directions
- holsterSidearm carrying case
wireless · frequency · tone · vibration · LCD · battery · antenna · pocket-sized
Needing immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- immediateHappening without delay
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
EMT · dispatcher · 911 · rescue · ambulance · crisis · STAT · on-call
Formal notice given
- messageTransmitted communication
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- buzzContinuous low drone
- vibrateShake with small movements
beep · summons · callback · 911 · urgent · priority · broadcast · overhead
receiver
One who accepts transmission
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
- MotorolaAmerican electronics corporation
- two-wayOperating in both directions
holster · wireless · frequency · tone · vibration · LCD · battery · antenna · pocket-sized · portable
urgent
Needing immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- immediateHappening without delay
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
paramedic · EMT · dispatcher · 911 · rescue · ambulance · crisis · STAT · on-call · life-saving
notification
Formal notice given
vibrate · beep · summons · callback · 911 · urgent · priority · broadcast · overhead · alerting
on-call
Available when summoned
rounds · ICU · triage · ward · trauma · surgery · hospitalist · attending · STAT · consult
nineties
1990-1999
dated · bygone · outdated · superseded · outmoded · discontinued · nostalgic · analog · payphone · voicemail
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- obsolete techfloppy disk, VHS, dial-up modem, cassette tape, floppy disks
- obsolete technologyVHS, 8-tracks, VHS tapes, cassette tape, cassette tapes
- Pre-digitalrotary phone, telegram, telegraph, typewriter, phone booth
- retro electronics8-track, 8-track player, answering machine, Atari, Betamax
- Retro ItemsVHS tape, cassette tape, rotary phone, record player, Walkman
pagertwo-way radio
Device for mutual audio exchange
walkie-talkie · smartphone · telephone · intercom · video phone
pagersmartphone
Handheld connected computer
iPhone · tablet · smartwatch · laptop · personal computer
- front pageNewspaper's opening display
- turn the pageAdvance to new beginnings
- blank pageSheet without marks
- on the same pageSharing a common understanding
- web pageSingle internet document
- home pageWebsite's main entry