plural of emergency department

(healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

plural of emergency goalie

(medicine) The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of trauma, injuries and other sudden illnesses

(aviation) A sudden landing of an aircraft, made in case of an on-board emergency or another reason requiring an immediate landing.

(US, Canada, healthcare) A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance.

plural of emergency room

An electric light that turns on to give light during a power outage.

The dangerous situation in which anthropogenic climate change threatens to cause irreversible environmental damage. / (countable) An official recognition that such a situation exists.

A system for advising the driver of a public transport vehicle that there is an emergency on board, and that the vehicle should stop as quickly as possible. It may be a cord, chain, bell push, or other activating device.