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 research that was ultimately published looked at exposure to worrying chemicals for firefighters who responded to the 2023 wildfires in Hawaii and emergency room visits in Los Angeles during the wildfires.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
Styles was dropped off at the JPS emergency room about 11:30 p.m. after he was shot at a house in the 900 block of East Ramsey Avenue, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Gerber Products Company has initiated a nationwide recall and discontinuation of all batches of Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks after one child required emergency room treatment and multiple consumers reported choking incidents, according to a press release from its parent company, Nestle USA.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
She was found unresponsive on the hospital roof at about 8:45 a.m. Thursday and was treated in the hospital emergency room for approximately 14 hours before she was pronounced dead late Thursday night, the coroner said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
Styles was dropped off at the JPS emergency room about 11:30 p.m. after he was shot at a house in the 900 block of East Ramsey Avenue, police said.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025
Gerber Products Company has initiated a nationwide recall and discontinuation of all batches of Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks after one child required emergency room treatment and multiple consumers reported choking incidents, according to a press release from its parent company, Nestle USA.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
She was found unresponsive on the hospital roof at about 8:45 a.m. Thursday and was treated in the hospital emergency room for approximately 14 hours before she was pronounced dead late Thursday night, the coroner said.
—Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Emergency room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/emergency%20room. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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