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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When his tiredness turned into a 105 degree fever and body aches, his parents took him to a local emergency room.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Currently, the public hospital system already handles nearly half of the emergency room visits in the county.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026
In a study published this week in the journal Science, researchers found that AI either matched or outperformed human physicians at diagnosing emergency room patients.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 2 May 2026
The Safe Havens Act, which was enacted 25 years ago, allows a parent to give up their infant to hospital emergency room staff anonymously and without the threat of prosecution.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Currently, the public hospital system already handles nearly half of the emergency room visits in the county.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 2 May 2026
In a study published this week in the journal Science, researchers found that AI either matched or outperformed human physicians at diagnosing emergency room patients.
—Aria Bendix, NBC news, 2 May 2026
The Safe Havens Act, which was enacted 25 years ago, allows a parent to give up their infant to hospital emergency room staff anonymously and without the threat of prosecution.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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