https://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/74088/16
This question is incredibly relevant to a large number of people. How do you properly communicate when you need to take a emergency absence so that your private business does not become the subject of office gossip?
No it is not an easy solution and certainly not all companies will treat it the same way but we should be able to provide a basic answer that will suffice for most situations, and will give a base starting point for those exceptional situations.