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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Even if the state doesn’t explicitly offer immigrants benefits, but may provide them because immigration status isn’t screened — such as emergency room treatment — that could be deemed a violation of the trafficking law.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Mount Sinai Medical Center operates a standalone emergency room.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Within eight minutes of arriving at Palos Hospital, she was taken to the emergency room for an emergency cesarean section, and her son, Levi, was delivered at just 29 weeks and two days, weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 May 2026
So far this year, places where Californians could’ve been exposed to measles have included Los Angeles International Airport, Disneyland, stores, restaurants, an emergency room, an urgent care center, a gym and what authorities described as an educational enrichment program for children.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
Mount Sinai Medical Center operates a standalone emergency room.
—Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 8 May 2026
Within eight minutes of arriving at Palos Hospital, she was taken to the emergency room for an emergency cesarean section, and her son, Levi, was delivered at just 29 weeks and two days, weighing 3 pounds, 6 ounces.
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 7 May 2026
So far this year, places where Californians could’ve been exposed to measles have included Los Angeles International Airport, Disneyland, stores, restaurants, an emergency room, an urgent care center, a gym and what authorities described as an educational enrichment program for children.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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