emergency room

noun

a hospital area equipped and staffed for the prompt treatment of acute illness, trauma, or other medical emergencies.

Abbreviation: ER.

Examples from the web for emergency room

Nowhere is it more difficult than in the emergency room, where split-second medical decisions must be made.
But if she has to take her stepson to the emergency room, state law might prevent her from authorizing medical treatment.
Miller played the role of the patient, directing his avatar to lie on a hospital bed in the virtual emergency room.
If things are too much for you then go to the emergency room immediately.
One from her husband saying that they were in the emergency room, she had an ectopic pregnancy and was going to surgery.
He told the parents to take him to the emergency room.
If you can get to an emergency room within an hour, the chances of limiting the stroke's damage are better.
And hopefully it never has to involve the emergency room, the hospital, or knife.
On her third trip to the pediatrician, the doctor told the family to take her to the emergency room.
For the first six months, he worked in the emergency room.

emergency room in Medicine

emergency room n.
The section of a health care facility intended to provide rapid treatment for victims of sudden illness or trauma.