emergency medicine

noun

: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention

Examples of emergency medicine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the next three years, 46 states enacted laws that allowed paramedics to practice emergency medicine. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2026

First responders tried to resuscitate him, emergency medicine technicians intubated him and rushed him by ambulance to the hospital. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026

According to Todd Zimmerman, DO, pediatric emergency medicine physician at Pediatrix Medical Group in Las Vegas, fireworks can pose a major risk to children in particular. — Parents, 2 July 2026

Her work draws on experience in emergency medicine, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, combining clinical insight with research and advisory work. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 18 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1966, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for emergency medicine

• biomedicine
• telemedicine

Medical Definition

emergency medicine

noun

: a medical specialty concerned with the care and treatment of acutely ill or injured patients who need immediate medical attention