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Noun Concept
Categories: Hospital departments, Emergency medicine, Articles with short description
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emergency room  ER  emergency department  accident & emergency  A&E
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An emergency department, also known as an accident and emergency department, emergency room, emergency ward or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance. Wikipedia
A medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients Wikipedia Disambiguation
Medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine Wikidata
A medical treatment facility specialized in treating patients that need to be taken care of quickly without prior appointment. OmegaWiki
A department of a hospital where seriously ill or injured patients, often with life-threatening conditions that require urgent or immediate treatment, are brought in, usually by ambulance. Wiktionary
Hospital department. Wiktionary (translation)