Critical emergency medicine

medical treatments at raised ambient pressure

injury that could cause prolonged disability or death

injury or illness that is acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health

emergency evacuation for medical reasons

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.

incident which results in medical care systems becoming overwhelmed