急患
Meanings
1
emergency case; emergency patient
Refers to a patient requiring urgent medical attention, or the case itself. Common in hospital and news settings.
An emergency patient was brought in by ambulance.
The doctor on duty was busy dealing with emergency cases.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉で急患が出るfor an emergency case to arise at a place
Emergency cases often arise at hospitals during the night.
- 急患を受け入れるto accept/take in an emergency patient
This hospital accepts emergency patients around the clock.
- 急患として搬送されるto be transported/taken to a hospital as an emergency case
He was taken to the hospital by ambulance as an emergency case.