A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Arising from or used in an emergency.
An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
The most extreme or furthest point of something.
A hand or foot.
A limb (“major appendage of a human or animal such as an arm, leg, or wing”).
An extreme measure.