Emergency

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An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate threat to human life or serious damage to property or environment. A false report of an emergency is usually a crime. Emergency may also refer to:

In profession:

Emergency medical technician, emergency responder trained to provide emergency medical services to the critically ill and injured
Emergency physician, physician who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill patients
Firefighter, who is trained and equipped to provide emergency medical services

In medicine:

Emergency department, hospital or primary care department that provides initial treatment to patients with a broad spectrum of illnesses and injuries
Emergency medical services, prehospital care
Emergency medicine, branch of medicine that is practiced in a hospital emergency department
Medical emergency, injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a person's health or life which requires help from a doctor or hospital, or other situation in which a person requires rescue

In organisations:

British Association for Emergency Medicine, the representative body for emergency physicians in the United Kingdom
California Emergency Medical Services Authority, agency of California State government
Emergency (NGO), an Italian NGO, founded by the medician Gino Strada, which aim is to help civil victims of armed conflicts
Emergency medicine in France, hospitals
Organization of the emergency medical assistance, the first aid that is given to victims of accidents or of the acute effects of diseases
SMUR emergency mobile resuscitation unit, mobile medical units designed to provide emergency care to patients on the scene of an accident or malaise

In journalism:

Annals of Emergency Medicine, peer-reviewed medical journal
Emergency Medicine Journal, peer-reviewed medical journal

In education:

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, institution whose prime objective is the training and examination of emergency physicians for Australia and New Zealand
American College of Emergency Physicians, the largest organization of emergency physicians in the United States
College of Emergency Medicine, organisation of emergency physicians in the United Kingdom which sets standards of training and administers examinations for emergency physicians in the United Kingdom and Ireland
Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians, post-nominal title used to indicate that an emergency physician's education and training, professional qualifications, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation
Fellowship of the College of Emergency Medicine, the exit examination taken by specialists in Emergency Medicine in the United Kingdom and Ireland

In television:

Emergency!, a popular 1970s American TV series about a paramedic unit in Los Angeles
Emergency Medical Hologram, holographic program intended to support or replace medical personnel aboard a Starfleet vessel or installation in case of emergency in the Star Trek fictional universe

In politics:

2006 state of emergency in the Philippines, coup attempt
Emergency Alert System, national system in the U.S. put into place in 1997
Indian Emergency, Indian state of emergency from 1975-1977 declared by Indira Gandhi
State of emergency, governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government
The Emergency, time in Ireland during WWII
Malayan Emergency, insurrection and guerrilla war of the Malayan Races Liberation Army against the British and Malayan administration from 1948-1960 in what is now Malaysia

In other fields:

Emergency action principles, principles that describe what to do when encountering an emergency situation
Emergency management, the discipline dealing with and avoiding risks
Emergency service, public services that deal with emergencies and other aspects of Public Safety
Emergency shelter, places for people to live temporarily when they can't live in their previous residence
Emergency telephone, phone specifically provided for making calls to emergency services
Emergency telephone number, telephone numbering plan
Maritime emergency, any serious distress to a maritime vessel or her crew

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