forced landing
emergency landing | an unscheduled airplane landing that is made under circumstances (engine failure or adverse weather) not under the pilot's control |
| emergency procedure | (medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency) |
hospitalization
hospitalisation
hospital care | placing in medical care in a hospital |
creche
foundling hospital | a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for |
emergency room
ER | a room in a hospital or clinic staffed and equipped to provide emergency care to persons requiring immediate medical treatment |
| field hospital | a temporary military hospital near the battle lines |
fire escape
emergency exit | a stairway (often on the outside of a building) that permits exit in the case of fire or other emergency |
hand brake
emergency
emergency brake
parking brake | a brake operated by hand, usually operates by mechanical linkage |
hospital
infirmary | a health facility where patients receive treatment |
| hospital bed | a single bed with a frame in three sections so the head or middle or foot can be raised as required |
| hospital room | a room in a hospital for the care of patients |
| hospital ship | a ship built to serve as a hospital, used for wounded in wartime |
| hospital train | a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital |
| maternity hospital | a hospital that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants |
mental hospital
psychiatric hospital
mental institution
institution mental home
insane asylum
asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
| military hospital | hospital for soldiers and other military personnel |
ward
hospital ward | block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care, they put her in a -bed ward |
| emergency medicine | the branch of medicine concerned with the prompt diagnosis and treatment of injuries or trauma or sudden illness |
traumatology
accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
Emergency Alert System
EAS | a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA, enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events |
accident
stroke fortuity
chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
| accident | an unfortunate mishap, especially one causing damage or injury |
act of God
force majeure
vis major
inevitable accident
unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
fatal accident
casualty | an accident that causes someone to die |
emergency
exigency
pinch | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action, he never knew what to do in an emergency |
| hospital | a medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
United Nations Children's Fund
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
| hospital chaplain | a chaplain in a hospital |
orderly
hospital attendant | a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients |
| hospital occupancy | occupancy rate for hospitals |
| emergency | a state in which martial law applies, the governor declared a state of emergency |
stroke
apoplexy
cerebrovascular accident
CVA | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
| trauma psychic trauma | an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects |
| birth trauma | emotional injury inflicted on an infant by events incident to birth that is alleged to appear in symbolic form in patients with mental illness |
injury
hurt
harm
trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. |
| birth trauma | physical injury to an infant during the birth process |
| blast trauma | injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) |
| blunt trauma | injury incurred when the human body hits or is hit by a large outside object (as a car) |
penetrating trauma
penetrating injury | injury incurred when an object (as a knife or bullet or shrapnel) penetrates into the body |
| accident-prone | having more than the average number of accidents |