emergency case; emergency patient
Refers to a patient requiring urgent medical attention, or the case itself. Common in hospital and news settings.
救急車で急患が運ばれてきた。
An emergency patient was brought in by ambulance.
当直医は急患の対応に追われていた。
The doctor on duty was busy dealing with emergency cases.
Emergency cases often arise at hospitals during the night.
This hospital accepts emergency patients around the clock.
He was taken to the hospital by ambulance as an emergency case.