golden hour

British  

noun

1. the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving

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Example Sentences

On some blocks , a sense of near-normalcy is surreal: A dad and his young son play basketball in a driveway amid a stretch of still-standing homes on Ocampo Drive during golden hour.

From Los Angeles Times

So when she took the stage at ACL in October, this time it was for a coveted golden hour set, with a sea of people stretched out before her — and a chorus of voices singing along to her every word.

From Los Angeles Times

“We are still in the golden hour,” Bernardo Rafaelito Alejandro IV, deputy administrator of the Philippines’s Office of Civil Defense, said in a news conference.

From The Wall Street Journal

"You talk about the golden hour in investigations - that was lost, the day was lost, several days were lost - and I do not envy the senior investigating officer who picked up the case and tried to make progress with it," he told the BBC.

From BBC

The new book, “The Golden Hour: A Story of Family and Power in Hollywood,” is a history of the film industry beginning in the 1950s.

From Los Angeles Times