Emergencies can happen on holiday as well as at home, if your holiday is in the UK dialling 999 will get help, but what if your holiday is abroad? The European Emergency number is 112 and countries who have adopted that number include Belgium, Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, France, Finland, Greece, Iceland, Republic of Ireland, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russsia, Romania, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden (It also works in the UK). The USA's emergency number is 911 and for other countries not listed check out

Emergency Numbers abroad - What number to phone if you have a problem whilst on holiday