Method for carrying out emergency braking of a vehicle comprising the steps of: ignoring a setpoint vehicle deceleration which is being currently requested by a driver of the vehicle, during a first phase of the emergency braking, wherein during the first phase a brake system component of a brake system of the vehicle is operated in a high power mode, which is prespecified for the first phase, in such a way that in an increase in brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder of the brake system is brought about by means of the brake system component which is operated in the high power mode; and taking into account a setpoint vehicle deceleration which is being currently requested by the driver, at the earliest during a later second phase of the emergency braking; characterized in that an electromechanical brake booster, which is positioned upstream of a master brake cylinder of the brake system, is operated as the brake system component during the first phase of the emergency braking in such a way that a master brake cylinder pressure (p TMC) in the master brake cylinder is increased by means of an increased motor power (F m) of a motor of the electromechanical brake booster, as a result of which the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is brought about; in an intermediate phase (P int) of the emergency braking between the first phase and the second phase, the master brake cylinder pressure (p TMC) is reduced to a prespecified or defined setpoint pressure by pumping brake fluid from the master brake cylinder into the at least one wheel brake cylinder by means of at least one pump of the brake system, and the motor power (F m) of the motor of the electromechanical brake booster is reduced to a prespecified or defined setpoint force; and the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is continued during the second phase only in so far as the driver currently requests a setpoint vehicle deceleration, and if appropriate the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is continued during the second phase by means of the at least one pump. ignoring a setpoint vehicle deceleration which is being currently requested by a driver of the vehicle, during a first phase of the emergency braking, wherein during the first phase a brake system component of a brake system of the vehicle is operated in a high power mode, which is prespecified for the first phase, in such a way that in an increase in brake pressure in at least one wheel brake cylinder of the brake system is brought about by means of the brake system component which is operated in the high power mode; and taking into account a setpoint vehicle deceleration which is being currently requested by the driver, at the earliest during a later second phase of the emergency braking; characterized in that an electromechanical brake booster, which is positioned upstream of a master brake cylinder of the brake system, is operated as the brake system component during the first phase of the emergency braking in such a way that a master brake cylinder pressure (p TMC) in the master brake cylinder is increased by means of an increased motor power (F m) of a motor of the electromechanical brake booster, as a result of which the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is brought about; in an intermediate phase (P int) of the emergency braking between the first phase and the second phase, the master brake cylinder pressure (p TMC) is reduced to a prespecified or defined setpoint pressure by pumping brake fluid from the master brake cylinder into the at least one wheel brake cylinder by means of at least one pump of the brake system, and the motor power (F m) of the motor of the electromechanical brake booster is reduced to a prespecified or defined setpoint force; and the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is continued during the second phase only in so far as the driver currently requests a setpoint vehicle deceleration, and if appropriate the increase in brake pressure in the at least one wheel brake cylinder is continued during the second phase by means of the at least one pump.