emergency visit

Unplanned medical trip

An emergency visit is an unscheduled trip to a healthcare facility, repair service, or professional when urgent circumstances prevent waiting for a regular appointment.

The term appears most often in medical contexts—The chest pain prompted an emergency visit to the ER—but extends to veterinary care, plumbing, and other services where sudden problems demand immediate attention.

Related
  • urgentNeeding immediate attention
  • ambulanceEmergency medical transport
  • hospitalMedical treatment facility
  • ERAcute care department
  • crisisDecisive dangerous moment

trauma · accident · pain · sirens · rush hour traffic · stretcher · triage · critical · life or death · bleeding · waiting room · paramedic · 911 · first responders · injury · rushed · gurney · vitals

Categories
Opposites
urgency

emergency visitroutine checkup

Regular scheduled medical examination

routine visit · wellness visit · annual physical · follow-up visit

necessity

emergency visitwellness check

Visit confirming someone's condition

follow-up visit · routine screening · annual exam · courtesy call

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G