Definition

1. Verb:

   • To give emergency medical treatment / to provide first aid: To administer immediate and urgent medical care to a person who is seriously injured or suddenly becomes very ill, with the goal of stabilizing their condition and preventing death.
   • To rescue urgently: To perform an urgent rescue operation in a critical situation.

2. Noun (often used attributively):

   • Emergency (medical): Refers to a critical situation requiring immediate medical intervention, or to the services and facilities designed for this purpose.

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Các bác sĩ đang cấp cứu cho bệnh nhân bị tai nạn giao thông. (The doctors are providing emergency treatment for the traffic accident victim.)
  • Phải đưa người này đi cấp cứu ngay! (We must take this person for emergency care immediately!)

• Noun/Attributive:

  • Đây là một trường hợp cấp cứu. (This is an emergency case.)
  • Xe cấp cứu đang trên đường tới. (The ambulance is on its way.)
  • Anh ta đã được đưa vào phòng cấp cứu. (He was taken into the emergency room.)

Advanced Usage

• "cấp cứu y tế": medical emergency/emergency medical services. This phrase specifies the medical context of the emergency.
  • Trung tâm cấp cứu y tế hoạt động 24/7. (The medical emergency center operates 24/7.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cấp cứu ban đầu (n): first aid. The initial assistance given before full medical treatment is available.

  • Nhân viên được đào tạo về cấp cứu ban đầu. (The staff are trained in first aid.)

• Khẩn cấp (adj): urgent, emergency. A more general adjective for any urgent situation, not exclusively medical.

  • Cuộc họp khẩn cấp (an urgent meeting).

Synonyms

• Emergency treatment: Immediate medical care.
• First aid: The initial help given.
• Urgent rescue: An urgent saving operation.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Giờ vàng cấp cứu: The golden hour (in emergency medicine). The critical first hour after a traumatic injury during which prompt medical treatment is most likely to prevent death.

  • Bệnh nhân được đưa đến bệnh viện trong giờ vàng cấp cứu. (The patient was brought to the hospital within the golden hour.)

• Số điện thoại cấp cứu: Emergency phone number (e.g., 115 in Vietnam for medical emergencies).

  • Hãy gọi số điện thoại cấp cứu khi cần. (Call the emergency number when needed.)

verb

1. To give first aid
   • cấp cứu người bị nạn
     to give first aid to casualties
   • trạm cấp cứu
     a first-aid station
   • xe cấp cứu
     a first-aid car, an ambulance
   • trường hợp cấp cứu
     an emergency