The embodiment of the invention provides a rescue information display method and an elevator display system. The system includes a server and a display screen system located in an elevator, and the server and the display screen system are in communication with each other. The server is used for receiving current location information sent by a rescue terminal in real time, determining the to-be-rescued elevator corresponding to the rescue terminal, acquiring target location information of the to-be-rescued elevator, calculating travel information and time use information corresponding to the rescue terminal according to the current location information and the target location information, and sending the travel information and the time use information to the display screen system in the to-be-rescued elevator; the display screen system displays the received travel information and the time use information. In this way, people trapped in the elevator can be comforted and prevented from becoming anxious as the waiting time goes by.