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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 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 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:
Emergency (NGO), an Italian NGO, founded by the medician Gino Strada, which aim is to help civil victims of armed conflicts
In journalism:
In education:
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
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:
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
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 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
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