Emergency (disambiguation)
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An emergency
is a situation requiring urgent assistance.
Emergency may also refer to:
Emergency
An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative...
is a situation requiring urgent assistance.
Emergency may also refer to:
Rescue and medicine
- EmergencyEmergencyAn emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property or environment. Most emergencies require urgent intervention to prevent a worsening of the situation, although in some situations, mitigation may not be possible and agencies may only be able to offer palliative...
, rescue and transportation services provided by municipal fire brigades and other organizations with comparable mandates - Emergency departmentEmergency departmentAn emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
, facility providing urgent initial medical treatment - Emergency (NGO)Emergency (NGO)Emergency is a humanitarian NGO that provides emergency medical treatment to civilian victims of war, especially in relation to landmines. It was founded by war surgeon Gino Strada in 1994 in Milan ....
, Italian NGO mainly helping civilian victims of landmines
State of emergency
- State of emergencyState of emergencyA state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend some normal functions of the executive, legislative and judicial powers, alert citizens to change their normal behaviours, or order government agencies to implement emergency preparedness plans. It can also be used as a rationale...
, a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government - State of Emergency in IndiaState of Emergency in IndiaA state of emergency in India refers to a period of governance under an altered constitutional setup that can be proclaimed by the President of India, when he perceives grave threats to the nation from internal and external sources or from financial situations of crisis...
refers to a period of governance under an altered constitutional setup that can be proclaimed by the President of India - Malayan EmergencyMalayan EmergencyThe Malayan Emergency was a guerrilla war fought between Commonwealth armed forces and the Malayan National Liberation Army , the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party, from 1948 to 1960....
, the insurrection and guerrilla war from 1948–1960 in what is now Malaysia - The Emergency (India), the 1975–1977 Indian state of emergency declared by Indira Gandhi
- The Emergency (Ireland), a time in Ireland during WWII
Television
- Emergency!Emergency!Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...
, a 1970s American TV series about a paramedic unit in Los Angeles- Emergency +4Emergency +4Emergency +4 is an American animated television series based on the live action prime-time series Emergency!. The series began on NBC's Saturday morning schedule on September 8, 1973 and ran twenty-three 30-minute episodes over two seasons. It remained on the network until September 4, 1976 through...
, an animated series based on the American TV series
- Emergency +4
- Emergency (Philippine TV program), a news and public affairs program on GMA Network
- Emergency (1959 TV series), an Australian series
Music
- Emergency (Kool & the Gang album), 1984
- Emergency! (album)Emergency! (album)Emergency! is a double album by The Tony Williams Lifetime. Released in 1969, it was the group's first album and one of the first significant jazz fusion recordings...
, by The Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency (The Pigeon Detectives album)
- "Emergency" (song)Emergency (song)"Emergency" is a song by American rock band Paramore. It was released on October 21, 2006 as the second single from their debut album, All We Know Is Falling. It was released on 7" vinyl in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2006 and contained the B-side "Oh, Star," and a poster of the band. The song...
, by the band Paramore from the album All We Know Is Falling - "Emergency" (Tank song)Emergency (Tank song)"Emergency" is a song by R&B singer Tank. It's the second single from his fourth album, Now or Never.-Charts:- Purchaseable release :...
, 2010 - "Emergency", a 2011 song by Irish/British girlband Wonderland from the album WonderlandWonderland (Wonderland album)Wonderland is the self-titled debut studio album by Irish/British girlband Wonderland.- Background, composition, concept, and development:...
- "Emergency", a song from the album DemolitionDemolition (Girlschool album)Demolition is the first studio album by British heavy metal band, Girlschool.It was released in Europe on Bronze Records in 1980, with the catalogue number Bronze BRON 534...
by Girlschool - "Emergency", a song by Motörhead, on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP
- "Emergency", a song by punk band 999, on their self-titled first album 999999 (album)-Personnel:*Nick Cash – Guitar, Vocals*Guy Days – Guitar, Vocals*Pablo Labritain – Drums*Jon Watson – Bass, Vocals*Alan Winstanley, Doug Bennett, Steve Nye – engineer...
- The Joel Plaskett Emergency, a Canadian rock band
- Emergency RecordsEmergency RecordsEmergency Records was an independent record label from 1979 to 1989.Founded in the United States in early 1979, Emergency Records specialized in products of the Italian disco sound of the 1970s and 1980s. During that time, the majority of the European production of disco music came from Germany,...
, a record label - "Emergency", an early title for the song "Apocalypse PleaseApocalypse Please"Apocalypse Please", also known as "Emergency", is a song by English alternative rock band Muse, featured on their 2003 third studio album Absolution. Written by lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist Matthew Bellamy, a live version of the song was released as a digital download single on 23 August...
" from the Absolution album by Muse - "Emergency," a song by Vybz KartelVybz KartelAdidja Palmer , better known as Vybz Kartel, is a Jamaican dancehall artist, songwriter and businessman. He has many nicknames, including Addi Teacher and Gaza Emperor.-Biography:...
Other
- Emergency (series)Emergency (series)Emergency is a German series of five computer games by Sixteen Tons Entertainment. All games revolve around micromanaging emergency services on a variety of accident and/or accident scenes....
, a computer series with four released titles - Emergency: This Book Will Save Your LifeEmergency: This Book Will Save Your LifeEmergency: This Book Will Save Your Life is a 2009 book on survivalist preparedness by Neil Strauss. In the book, the author gains citizenship of the island nation of St...
, a 2009 book by Neil Strauss