救急(きゅうきゅう)

きゅうきゅう
noun
emergency (medical); first aid
1. emergency (medical); first aid; emergency care
Urgent medical treatment or the system providing it. Used as a prefix in many medical compound words.
救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ)を呼(よ)んでください。
Please call an ambulance.
救急(きゅうきゅう)箱(ばこ)はどこにありますか。
Where is the first aid kit?
夜間(やかん)救急(きゅうきゅう)の受(う)け入(い)れ先(さき)を探(さが)すのに苦労(くろう)した。
I had difficulty finding a facility that would accept nighttime emergency patients.

USAGE:
救急(きゅうきゅう) is most commonly encountered as a prefix in compound words related to emergency medical care. The number to call for an ambulance in Japan is 119.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 救急車(きゅうきゅうしゃ) (ambulance)
  • 救急(きゅうきゅう)箱(ばこ) (first aid kit)
  • 救急(きゅうきゅう)病院(びょういん) (emergency hospital)
  • 救急(きゅうきゅう)搬送(はんそう) (emergency transport)
  • 救急(きゅうきゅう)隊員(たいいん) (paramedic)
  • 救急(きゅうきゅう)処置(しょち) (emergency treatment)

SIMILAR WORDS:
応急(おうきゅう) means "emergency" in the sense of a temporary or stopgap measure: 応急(おうきゅう)処置(しょち) (first aid, emergency treatment). 救急(きゅうきゅう) is specifically about the medical emergency care system.

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