How do you say "Ambulance, a medical emergency" in Japanese?

Name: You Get Through to 119 in Japan. The First Thing They Ask Isn't What Happened.
Uploaded: 2026-09-12T02:17:47Z
Duration: 18 s
Description: Learn to say 救急です (kyūkyū desu) — Ambulance, a medical emergency. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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You Get Through to 119 in Japan. The First Thing They Ask Isn't What Happened.

To say Ambulance, a medical emergency in Japanese, say 救急です (kyūkyū desu).

You get through to 119 in Japan, and before you can say a word about what's wrong, they ask you a question.

救急です kyūkyū desu Ambulance, a medical emergency

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In this video

火事ですか、救急ですか？ kaji desu ka, kyūkyū desu ka? Is it a fire, or an ambulance?
救急です。 kyūkyū desu. Ambulance.

Kanji in this phrase

救急: きゅうきゅう
火事: かじ

Why this phrase

In Japan 119 is fire AND ambulance on the same line, so the dispatcher's very first question is which one you need. If you don't recognise it, you spend your worst thirty seconds talking past each other. Recognise it and your answer is two words. (110 is the police; 119 is everything else.)