Critical signs for urgent and safety situations.
ISL sign
How to sign
Closed fist on flat palm, raised sharply with urgency.
C-handshape taps the chest near the shoulder twice.
Wiggle fingers of both hands moving upward.
Thumb of one fist taps back of the other fist twice.
Flat hand chops sharply onto the open palm.
Y-handshape held to the ear like a phone.
Both fists rotate alternately by the head, like a siren light.
Two A-handshapes collide forcefully in front of the chest.
H-handshape traces a cross on the upper arm.
Sign 'earth' then both flat hands shake side-to-side.
Index and middle finger sneak across the open palm.
Both flat hands flutter outward from each other with a confused expression.