emergency room
nounDefinition of emergency room
: a hospital room or area staffed and equipped for the reception and treatment of persons requiring immediate medical care
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Vermont has had one of the most ambitious expansions of opioid addiction treatment in the country, including in prisons and hospital emergency rooms. — Abby Goodnough, New York Times, "Opioid Treatment Is Used Vastly More in States That Expanded Medicaid," 21 Aug. 2019 The woman was taken to an emergency room and cited for operating a vehicle while impaired. — Bruce Geiselman, cleveland.com, "Guns stolen in burglary: Lakewood Police Blotter," 10 Aug. 2019 The money was transported to the emergency room with Diaz, and a hospital employee alerted police, who in turn contacted Vasa. — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, "Priest stole more than $95,000 from offerings in Northern California, diocese says," 22 July 2019 Ridgecrest Regional Hospital was forced to close its emergency room and triage patients in the parking lot, where they were transported to nearby hospitals. — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, "Cleanup begins after 7.1 quake rocks Kern County, governor requests federal aid," 6 July 2019 She was rushed to the emergency room by ambulance and was diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, a rare but deadly bacterial infection that kills the body's soft tissue. — CBS News, "Maryland boy infected with flesh-eating bacteria, mother says," 3 July 2019 One possibility being explored is halting inpatient services, with a new owner continuing to offer emergency room and outpatient services, the hospital’s operators said Tuesday. — Mike Nolan, Daily Southtown, "Forum on Blue Island hospital's possible closing generates more questions than answers," 14 June 2019 Peer recovery programs proliferated, offering help at community centers like Revive, in hospital emergency rooms, and elsewhere. — Livia Gershon, Longreads, "Peers in Healing," 10 June 2019 In 2016, researchers analyzing data from 2010-2011 estimated that 30 percent of antibiotics prescriptions given in US emergency rooms and traditional medical offices were inappropriate. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, "Doctors fear urgent care centers are wildly overusing antibiotics—for profit," 17 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'emergency room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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