Emergency & Rescue
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- a and enoun · B2The hospital department for sudden serious cases.
- aid workernoun · B2Somebody who brings help where a disaster has struck.
- air ambulancenoun · B2A helicopter that carries the badly injured.
- airway/ˈɛə.weɪ/noun · B2+The passage air travels down into the lungs.
- alarm/əˈlɑːm/noun · A2A loud sound or signal warning of danger.
- alert/əˈlɜːt/noun · B2A warning that danger is close.
- allergic reactionnoun · B2The body responding dangerously to something harmless.
- ambulance crewnoun · B2The team who ride with the patient to hospital.
- anaphylaxis/ˌænəfɪˈlæksɪs/noun · C1A sudden whole-body allergic reaction that can kill.
- antidote/ˈæn.tɪ.doʊt/noun · C2A substance that cancels a poison.
- assembly pointnoun · B2Where everybody gathers after leaving a building.
- backup powernoun · B2A reserve supply for when the main one stops.
- beacon/ˈbiːkən/noun · B2A light or mark set up as a signal.
- blackout/ˈblæk.aʊt/noun · B1+A complete loss of electric light.
- burn/bɜːn/verb · A2To be on fire, or to hurt something with fire or heat.
- casualty/ˈkaʒʊ.əlti/noun · C1A person hurt or killed in an accident.
- choking/ˈtʃəʊkɪŋ/noun · B1Being unable to breathe because something blocks the throat.
- concussion/kənˈkʌʃən/noun · B2A brain shaken by a blow to the head.
- containment/kənˈteɪnmənt/noun · C1Keeping a danger inside a limited area.
- contingency/kənˈtɪnd͡ʒənsi/noun · C1A plan kept ready in case things go wrong.
- cordon/ˈkɔː(ɹ)dən/noun · C1A line drawn around a scene to keep people out.
- cprnoun · B2Pressing the chest and breathing for someone whose heart stopped.
- critical conditionnoun · B2A state where a patient could still die.
- curfew/ˈkɜː.fjuː/noun · B2The rule that everyone must be off the streets by a set hour.
- defibrillator/diːˈfɪbɹɪˌleɪtə(ɹ)/noun · C1A device that shocks a stopped heart back into rhythm.
- disaster reliefnoun · B2Help sent to a place after a catastrophe.
- dispatcher/ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/noun · B2+The person who takes the call and sends the help.
- distress/dɪˈstɹɛs/noun · B2Serious trouble, and the call that goes out about it.
- drill/dɹɪl/noun · B1A repeated exercise for practice or training.
- epipennoun · C1An injector carried against a severe allergic reaction.
- evacuate/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/verb · B2To move everybody out of a dangerous place.
- evacuation routenoun · B2The marked way out in an emergency.
- extinguisher/ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/noun · B1+The cylinder that puts out a small fire.
- fire alarmnoun · B1The bell or siren that warns a building of fire.
- fire blanketnoun · B2A sheet thrown over flames to smother them.
- first respondernoun · C1The first trained person to reach an emergency.
- flare/flɛə̯/noun · B2A bright light fired to show where you are.
- flotation devicenoun · C1Anything that keeps a person afloat.
- fracture/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/noun · B2A crack or break in a bone.
- generator/ˈdʒɛnəɹeɪtə(ɹ)/noun · B1+A machine that makes electricity when the mains fail.
- gurneynoun · C1A wheeled bed for moving patients.
- harness/ˈhɑː.nəs/noun · B1A set of straps fastened round an animal or person, for pulling a load or for safety.
- headcount/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/noun · B2+Counting people to check nobody is missing.
- heimlich manoeuvrenoun · C1Sharp pressure under the ribs to clear a blocked throat.
- hose/həʊz/noun · B1The flexible pipe water is directed through.
- hydrant/ˈhaɪdɹənt/noun · B2The short street pipe firefighters connect hoses to.
- intensive carenoun · B2The ward for patients whose lives are at risk.
- ladder/ˈlad.ə/noun · B2You climb its steps to reach high places like the roof.
- life jacketnoun · B1The float worn to keep a person's head above water.
- life supportnoun · B2Machines that keep a body going when it cannot itself.
- lifeline/ˈlaɪfˌlaɪn/noun · B2The rope that keeps a rescuer connected to safety.
- lockdown/ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/noun · B2Shutting everybody in for safety.
- mayday/ˈmeɪ̯deɪ̯/noun · B2The spoken signal that life is in danger.
- missing personnoun · B2Somebody whose whereabouts nobody knows.
- on callphrase · B2Available to be summoned at any hour.
- overdose/ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdəʊs/noun · B2+Taking dangerously more of a medicine than the body can handle.
- paramedic/ˌpæɹəˈmɛdɪk/noun · B1+The trained rescuer who treats you in the ambulance.
- poisoning/ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/noun · B1Harm caused by swallowing or breathing something toxic.
- power cutnoun · B1A break in the electricity supply.
- protocol/ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒl/noun · C1The agreed steps to follow when something happens.
- quarantine/ˈkwɔɹ.ən.tin/noun · B2+Staying separated from everyone so an illness cannot spread.
- rationsnoun · B2Fixed portions handed out when supplies are short.
- recovery positionnoun · B2The posture an unconscious person is laid in to breathe safely.
- rescue/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/verb · B1To save somebody from danger.
- rescuer/ˈɹɛskjuːə(ɹ)/noun · B2A person who goes in and brings somebody out.
- resuscitate/ɹɪˈsʌsɪˌteɪt/verb · C2To bring somebody back to consciousness or life.
- scald/skɔld/noun · B2+A burn caused by hot liquid or steam.
- scramble/ˈskɹæmbl̩/verb · B2To stir eggs while cooking until soft and broken up.
- search partynoun · B2A group that goes out looking for somebody lost.
- shelter/ˈʃɛltə/noun · B1A place giving protection.
- shock/ʃɒk/noun · C1A dangerous drop in circulation after injury.
- siren/ˈsaɪəɹən/noun · B1The loud rising-falling wail of an emergency vehicle.
- smoke alarmnoun · B1The device that sounds when it senses smoke.
- smoke inhalationnoun · C1Harm caused by breathing the fumes of a fire.
- sos/sɒs/noun · B1+The universal signal asking for help.
- splint/splɪnt/noun · B2+A stiff support tied on to keep a broken bone still.
- sprinkler/ˈspɹiŋklɚ/noun · B2The ceiling device that sprays water on a fire.
- stable conditionnoun · B2A state where a patient is no longer getting worse.
- standby/ˈstændˌbaɪ̯/noun · B2Ready and waiting to act at once.
- state of emergencynoun · B2A declaration giving the state extra powers in a crisis.
- stretcher/ˈstɹɛt͡ʃə/noun · B2The carried bed used to move an injured person.
- supplies/səˈplaɪz/noun · B1The food, water and equipment a crisis needs.
- survivor/səˈvaɪvə/noun · B2A person who came through when others did not.
- torch/ˈtɔːtʃ/noun · B2The handheld light you switch on in the dark, in British English.
- tourniquet/ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ/noun · C1A tight band that stops heavy bleeding from a limb.
- triage/ˈtɹiː.ɑːʒ/noun · C1Sorting the injured by who needs help soonest.
- unconscious/ˌʌnˈkɒnʃəs/adjective · B2Not aware, and unable to be woken.
- victim/ˈvɪktɪm/noun · B1The person a crime or disaster happened to.
- whistle/ˈwɪs(ə)l/noun · B1The small metal thing the referee blows to stop play.
- winch/wɪnt͡ʃ/noun · B2+A drum that hauls a cable in under power.