emergency room

[ih-mur-juhn-see room, room]

noun

1. a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies. ER

Example Sentences

County, 2.8% of emergency room visits were for illnesses such as fever plus a cough or sore throat, up from 2.2% four weeks earlier.

From Los Angeles Times

Secrets abound among the characters whose brief encounter at a New York emergency room sets action across decades in motion: Ivan and Eddie, as well as Cara and Nina, are only tangentially connected.

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He said the officers were there to ensure that ambulances could access the emergency room.

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“If the doctor’s visit competes with food on the table or rent, then people are going to skip those primary care visits,” she said — and often “end up in the emergency room” instead.

From Los Angeles Times

And in Orange County, emergency room visits related to COVID-like illness are less than half what they were last summer.

From Los Angeles Times

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