Emergency Medical Conditions If an emergency medical condition exists, the hospital must: Provide treatment until the patient is stabilized. If patient canât be stabilized, transfer the patient to a medical facility that is better able to provide the necessary treatment. The transfer of the patient must be based on the
helix (plural helixes or helices) (mathematics) A curve on the surface of a cylinder or cone such that its angle to a plane perpendicular to the axis is constant; the three-dimensional curve seen in a screw or a spiral staircase. (architecture) A small volute under the abacus of a Corinthian capital.
A filled-in helix â for example, a spiral ramp â is called a helicoid. Helices are important in biology, as the DNA molecule is formed as two intertwined helices, and many proteins have helical substructures, known as alpha helices. The word helix comes from the Greek word á¼Î»Î¹Î¾, twisted, curved. double helix consists of two (typically congruent) helices with the same axis, differing by a translation along the axis. A conic helix may be defined as a spiral on a conic surface, with the distance to the apex an exponential function of the angle indicating direction from the axis.