Commotio cordis (a Latin phrase meaning commotion of the heart) is the term for a blunt, nonpenetrating blow to the chest that occurs during a 20-millisecond window and triggers an irregular heartbeat called ventricular fibrillation.
There are currently nine area codes serving Georgia, with no plans for new ones. None of the codes are expected to exhaust in the next 20 years. 229 - Albany, Thomasville, Valdosta, Tifton, Fitzgerald and Americus (southwest Georgia)
A Brief History of Georgia Counties. Nationwide, there are just over 3,000 counties in the fifty states. The number and size of counties varies considerably from state to state. Georgia has 159 counties, second only to Texas, which has 254. Every part of Georgia-even the barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean-falls within a county. This means that no matter where you live in Georgia, you reside in a county.