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A lifeline is a line or rope
Rope

A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength ....
 used to support a person who is in physical difficulty, or to prevent someone from getting into physical difficulty. For example, a lifeline may protect a person who is at risk of drowning
Drowning

Drowning is death from suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral Hypoxia and cardiac arrest....
.

Life line also refers to a line on the human palm used in chiromancy
Chiromancy

Chiromancy or cheiromancy, , is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palmistry, palm-reading, chirology or hand analysis....
 (palm reading).

Other uses
The term Lifeline may now be used metaphorically to refer to many different things which draw from this original meaning to some extent.






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A lifeline is a line or rope
Rope

A rope is a length of fibers, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile strength but is too flexible to provide compressive strength ....
 used to support a person who is in physical difficulty, or to prevent someone from getting into physical difficulty. For example, a lifeline may protect a person who is at risk of drowning
Drowning

Drowning is death from suffocation caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral Hypoxia and cardiac arrest....
.

Life line also refers to a line on the human palm used in chiromancy
Chiromancy

Chiromancy or cheiromancy, , is the art of characterization and foretelling the future through the study of the palm, also known as palmistry, palm-reading, chirology or hand analysis....
 (palm reading).

Other uses


The term Lifeline may now be used metaphorically to refer to many different things which draw from this original meaning to some extent. Companies, services, and tv shows often use the term in their name.

Humanitarian / Charity

  • Lifeline (Counselling service)
    Lifeline (Counselling service)

    Lifeline is the name of a free, 24 hour telephone counselling service in Australia. Volunteer counsellors provide free telephone support to those in need, via the Australian nationwide telephone number 13 11 14....
    : an Australian telephone Counselling service, also operating internationally (similar to or the UK Samaritans
    Samaritans (charity)

    Samaritans is a registered charitable organisation aimed at providing emotional support to anyone in distress or at risk of suicide throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland, often through their crisis hotline....
    )
  • Lifeline is a charity in Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
     supported by Princess Katerina of The Former Republic of Yugoslavia or Serbia.
  • Lifeline Radios are distributed freely in Africa
    Africa

    Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
     and provide targeted access to information and education. The Freeplay Foundation
    Freeplay Energy

    Freeplay Energy PLC , , is a manufacturer and distributor of portable electrical or electronic products such as radios and lights, generally powered by hand cranked generators that charge rechargeable batteries....
     is a non-profit humanitarian organisation


Medical Services

  • Philips Lifeline Medical Alert Service: In the US & Canada "Lifeline" is a private, subscription-based medical alert service provided by Philips Lifeline (a division of Royal Philips Electronics
    Philips

    Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. , usually known as Philips, is a Netherlands electronics company. It is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, founded and headquartered in the Netherlands....
    , which purchased Lifeline Systems, Inc. in 2006). Lifeline Systems was founded in 1974 by Dr. Andrew Dibner. Elderly subscribers wear medical alert devices on the wrist or around the neck, which when activated in the event of an emergency, automatically dial an emergency telephone number for assistance.
  • Community alarm units: In the United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
    , Lifeline refers to community alarm units, manufactured by Tunstall Group, which when linked with telecare
    Telecare

    Telecare is the term given to offering remote care of elderly and vulnerable people, providing the care and reassurance needed to allow them to remain living in their own homes....
     sensors provide vulnerable people with a means of contacting help via a network of monitoring centres throughout the UK.
  • LifeLine Ambulance Service operates non-emergent service to various hospitals and nursing facilities in the metropolitan Boston, Massachusetts
    Massachusetts

    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
     area.
  • Lifeline Helicopter
    Lifeline Helicopter

    Lifeline was Indiana first critical care transport system in the state, with the air medical transport program began in 1979. Since that time, Lifeline has flown more than 30,000 accident-free patient transports....
    : In Indiana (USA) four LifeLine helicopters fly for medical purposes within a 150-mile radius of Indianapolis
    Indianapolis, Indiana

    Indianapolis is the Capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. The United States Census estimated the city's population, Indianapolis , Indiana the Unigov, at 795,458 in 2006....
    . Air medical transport reaches further.


Telephony

Some telephony
Telephony

In telecommunication, telephony encompasses the general use of equipment to provide voice communication over distances, specifically by connecting telephones to each other....
 devices have a "lifeline" port. It is a port that's being used in case there is an electricity outage - so the device can still continue to work.

Some regulatory authorities require telephone companies to offer a minimal service for means-tested customers, known as "lifeline" service.

TV, Books, Music, & Video Games

  • Fundarising program: Lifeline is also the name of a short regular BBC Sunday afternoon fundraising
    Fundraising

    Fundraising or fund raising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies....
     programme that asks viewers to help the unaided and reports on the work of various charities in and around the UK. Various presenters have included Cliff Michelmore
    Cliff Michelmore

    Arthur Clifford Michelmore Order of the British Empire is a United Kingdom television presenter and television producer. He is best known for the BBC television programme Tonight , which he presented from 1957 to 1965....
     and Nick Ross
    Nick Ross

    Nick Ross is a British radio and television presenter across a wide range of factual programmes but is best known for his long-running co-hosting of the BBC TV show Crimewatch which he left on 2 July 2007 after 23 years....
    .
  • Game shows: In the game show
    Game show

    A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
      Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers very large cash prizes for correctly answering 15 consecutive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty....
    , a lifeline is one of a number of helps available to a contestant who has difficulty with a question.
  • Lifeline
    Lifeline (Ben Harper album)

    Lifeline is an album by Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals. The album was recorded in Paris in the fall of 2006 after the lengthy European leg of the Both Sides of the Gun tour....
    , album by Ben Harper
    Ben Harper

    Benjamin Chase "Ben" Harper is an American musician....
    .
  • Lifeline
    Lifeline (album)

    Lifeline is the second album by the California soft rock group Pablo Cruise. Released in 1976, the album was slightly more successful than the previous, but still only reached #139 on the US charts....
    , album by Pablo Cruise
    Pablo Cruise

    Pablo Cruise is a Pop music/Trop Rock band currently composed of David Jenkins , Cory Lerios , Steve Price and George Gabriel .History...
    .
  • Lifeline (video game)
    Lifeline (video game)

    Lifeline, released in Japan as , is a video game released by Sony Computer Entertainment and Konami for the PlayStation 2. It is a horror game in the genre similar to the Resident Evil ....
    , an action-adventure video game.
  • Life-Line
    Life-Line

    Life-Line is Robert A. Heinlein's first published science fiction story , about a man who builds a machine that will predict how long a person will live....
    , a science fiction short story by Robert A. Heinlein
    Robert A. Heinlein

    Robert Anson Heinlein was an United States novelist and science fiction writer. Often called "the dean of science fiction writers", he is one of the most popular, influential, and controversial authors of the genre....
  • Lifeline (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of Stargate Atlantis
    Stargate Atlantis

    Stargate Atlantis is an United States-Canada science fiction television program, part of the Stargate owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Developed by producers Brad Wright and Robert C....


See also

  • Medical alarm
    Medical alarm

    A medical alarm is an alarm system designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent attention and to summon Emergency medical services....