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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The shooting occurred on March 2 in the hospital's emergency room lobby.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Lampert, who has his own plastic surgery practice but also works in the emergency room at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, has treated patients for severe abscesses on the face and other complications exacerbated when injectors lack the medical knowledge or credentials to respond to a complication.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Edwards was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead in an emergency room, a press release from the Ada County Coroner’s Office stated.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Despite the intense Israeli bombing of Lebanon’s capital, the Rafik Hariri University Hospital has only received around a dozen patients, the emergency room director told NBC News yesterday.
—Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Lampert, who has his own plastic surgery practice but also works in the emergency room at HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, has treated patients for severe abscesses on the face and other complications exacerbated when injectors lack the medical knowledge or credentials to respond to a complication.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Edwards was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead in an emergency room, a press release from the Ada County Coroner’s Office stated.
—Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Despite the intense Israeli bombing of Lebanon’s capital, the Rafik Hariri University Hospital has only received around a dozen patients, the emergency room director told NBC News yesterday.
—Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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