Lebensbedrohliche
Lebensbedrohlich is a German adjective meaning life-threatening. The base form is lebensbedrohlich; the inflected form lebensbedrohliche is used before feminine nouns (for example, eine lebensbedrohliche Situation). The term is primarily used in clinical and emergency contexts to describe conditions, injuries or scenarios that pose an immediate danger to a person’s life. It is not a diagnosis itself, but a descriptor that signals urgency and the need for rapid assessment and intervention.
In medical practice, lebensbedrohliche Zustände require urgent evaluation and treatment, often following standardized resuscitation or triage
Etymology and usage: the term is formed from Leben (life) and bedrohen (to threaten) with the adjectival
See also: Notfall, Notaufnahme, Notfallmedizin, Lebensgefahr. In English, the equivalent term is life-threatening.