life or death

911

Crisis response number

• ambulanceEmergency medical transport
• triageSeverity-based prioritization
• paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver

ER · trauma · rescue · evacuation · CPR · defibrillator · medevac · intensive-care · SOS · mayday

struggle

Labored effort against resistance

• fightPhysical or verbal conflict
• enduranceSustained effort capacity
• resilienceCapacity to recover quickly

instinct · desperation · escape · shelter · rescue · stranded · rations · clinging · survivor · ordeal

danger

Exposure to harm

• hazardousLikely to cause injury
• treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
• lethalCausing or capable of death

fatal · mortal · jeopardy · threat · menace · catastrophic · dire · ominous · predator · crossfire

mortality

State of eventual death

• fatePredetermined course of events
• destinyPredetermined course of events
• meaningWhat something signifies

purpose · finality · transience · impermanence · reckoning · legacy · consciousness · soul · afterlife · eternity

high-stakes

Involving significant consequences

• criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
• decisiveQuick to conclude
• pivotalVitally important, deciding

momentous · crucial · paramount · grave · serious · make-or-break · do-or-die · consequential · desperate · all-or-nothing

• Either/Oryes or no, true or false, on or off, in or out, up or down
• suspensesuspense, suspenseful, tension, nail-biter, nail-biting
• "life" phraseslifeblood, nightlife, wildlife, lowlife, highlife
• High Stakesdo-or-die, do or die, make-or-break, make or break, all-in
• survival storiesescape story, wilderness survival, shipwreck tales, shipwreck, sea survival
• warningswarning, alert, caution, danger, warning sign