An emergency is a serious, unexpected and often dangerous situation that requires immediate action. This includes danger to life, health and/or property.
Some examples of an emergency include:
- Air, rail or water accidents
- Allergic reaction resulting in difficulty breathing
- Bleeding (severe)
- Breathing difficulty (eg. severe asthma)
- Diabetic low (fainting / disorientated / acting strangely)
- Drug overdose
- Drowning
- Electric shock / burns / industrial accidents
- Explosion or bomb incidents
- Fire threatening life or property (For more information regarding smoke, fire and planned burns in Victoria, visit Planned burning in Victoria or the VicEmergency hotline page)
- Heart attack (suspected)
- Road Accidents (causing serious injury or major traffic problems)
- Stomach pain (severe)
- Stroke (suspected)
- Trapped person(s)
- Trauma (injury)
- Unconscious person
- Violence (assault / brawl / domestic)
