emergencies
Sudden serious problems
Emergencies is the plural of emergency—urgent situations requiring immediate action.
The word appears in contexts where multiple crises exist or might occur: emergency room staff see all kinds of emergencies, the kit contains supplies for emergencies.
An emergency fund or emergency plan prepares for such situations generally.
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
coastguard · medevac · dispatch · hotline · relief · aid · hazmat
Severity-based prioritization
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
CPR · stretcher · bleeding · stabilize · resuscitation · tourniquet · epinephrine · oxygen
Wailing alert device
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- warningAlert about danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- 911Crisis response number
broadcast · notification · beacon · signal · horn · announcement · intercom · loudspeaker
paramedic
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- firefighterEmergency blaze responder
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- evacuationRemoval from danger
helicopter · coastguard · medevac · dispatch · hotline · relief · aid · hazmat
triage
Severity-based prioritization
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- injuryPhysical or psychological harm
defibrillator · CPR · stretcher · bleeding · stabilize · resuscitation · tourniquet · epinephrine · oxygen · anaphylaxis
siren
Wailing alert device
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- warningAlert about danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
911 · broadcast · notification · beacon · signal · horn · announcement · intercom · loudspeaker · strobe
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- collapseSudden structural failure
turmoil · chaos · pandemonium · plight · predicament · hardship · adversity · upheaval · breakdown · blackout
earthquake
Seismic ground movement
tornado · wildfire · avalanche · pandemic · volcano · landslide · blizzard · typhoon · cyclone · famine
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- medical issuesdiagnosis, symptoms, complications, prognosis, treatment failure
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- school healthschool nurse, school nurses, school clinics, health office, nurse office
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, probabilities, hypotheticals
- doctor tasksdiagnosis, treatment, prescribing, patient care, physical exams
emergenciesroutines
Established sequences of actions
daily routines · appointments · ceremonies · rituals · business as usual
- dental emergenciesUrgent oral health situations
- medical emergenciesUrgent, life-threatening health conditions
- health emergenciesUrgent threats to wellbeing
- national emergenciesDeclared threats requiring government mobilization
- public health emergenciesUrgent threats to population wellbeing
- climate emergenciesUrgent environmental threats
emerge, emergency, emerging, emergent, emergence, emerged, emerges, emergency room, emergency brake