Category
page 1Critical emergency medicine
hyperbaric medicine
medical treatments at raised ambient pressure
major trauma
injury that could cause prolonged disability or death
medical emergency
injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health
medical evacuation
emergency evacuation for medical reasons
resuscitation
Resuscitation is the process of correcting physiological disorders (such as lack of breathing or heartbeat) in an acutely ill patient. It is an important part of intensive care medicine, anesthesiology, trauma surgery and emergency medicine. Well-known examples are cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
mass-casualty incident
incident which results in medical care systems becoming overwhelmed