Emergency!
Call for help
Emergency! is an American television drama series that aired from 1972 to 1979, following Los Angeles County paramedics and firefighters responding to crisis calls.
The show popularized the paramedic profession and influenced emergency medical services nationwide.
It spawned the exclamatory title format later echoed by other shows.
Emergency medical transport
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- ERAcute care department
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- CPREmergency revival technique
triage · stretcher · defibrillator · first aid · resuscitation · cardiac arrest · hemorrhage · stroke
Needing immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
- 911Crisis response number
dire · severe · life-threatening · acute · imminent · peril · calamity · distress
Emergency blaze responder
- rescueSave from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
- responderOne who replies
sirens · hotline · shelter · search and rescue · relief · mobilize · deploy · containment
Grouped supplies, one purpose
- suppliesResources for a task
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- flashlightPortable electric lamp
- rationsControlled food portions
generator · battery · water purification · shelter-in-place · go-bag · survival · contingency · readiness
Armed forces governance
- curfewMandated return time
- executive orderBinding directive from leadership
- FEMANational crisis response agency
- national guardDomestic military reserve force
mandate · quarantine · disaster zone · federal aid · proclamation · governor · president · authorization
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
CPR · triage · stretcher · defibrillator · first aid · resuscitation · cardiac arrest · hemorrhage · stroke · seizure
urgent
Needing immediate attention
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- catastropheDevastating, large-scale misfortune
911 · dire · severe · life-threatening · acute · imminent · peril · calamity · distress · desperate
firefighter
Emergency blaze responder
- rescueSave from harm
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
responder · sirens · hotline · shelter · search and rescue · relief · mobilize · deploy · containment · lockdown
kit
Grouped supplies, one purpose
- suppliesResources for a task
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- flashlightPortable electric lamp
rations · generator · battery · water purification · shelter-in-place · go-bag · survival · contingency · readiness · planning
martial law
Armed forces governance
- curfewMandated return time
- executive orderBinding directive from leadership
- FEMANational crisis response agency
national guard · mandate · quarantine · disaster zone · federal aid · proclamation · governor · president · authorization · powers
Emergency!routine
Regular sequence of actions
non-urgent · false alarm · business as usual · non-critical · calm
Emergency!safe
Free from peril
secure · safety · all is well · out of danger · protected
Emergency!routine
Regular sequence of actions
standard procedure · status quo · nothing special · normalcy · ordinary
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- emergency exitUrgent departure route
- state of emergencyOfficially declared public danger
- emergency callUrgent contact seeking aid
- emergency contactPerson called during crisis
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises