emergency room
noun
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care
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Idahoans have already gone through enough trauma, including women being airlifted out of state to get care that should be available in any emergency room.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Countless emergency room visits, unexplained symptoms, body weakness, and pain became my new normal.
—Essence, 5 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Zoe is warning parents about e-bikes after her 13-year-old son landed in the emergency room after an accident on one of the trendy, electric bicycles.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. on March 2 in the emergency room at HonorHealth’s Shea campus in Scottsdale, according to police.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Countless emergency room visits, unexplained symptoms, body weakness, and pain became my new normal.
—Essence, 5 Mar. 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
Rachel Zoe is warning parents about e-bikes after her 13-year-old son landed in the emergency room after an accident on one of the trendy, electric bicycles.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
The shooting happened at about 1 p.m. on March 2 in the emergency room at HonorHealth’s Shea campus in Scottsdale, according to police.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2025
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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