Emergency rooms

emergency room

n. Abbr. ER

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

emergency room.

room [ro̳m]

a place in a building enclosed and set apart for occupancy or for the performance of certain procedures.

birthing room a hospital room that is utilized for labor and delivery. It is decorated in a homelike, comfortable fashion and contains a specially equipped bed that can be adjusted for delivery. Specialized equipment is often concealed.

emergency room popular term for emergency department.

labor, delivery, recovery room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience.

labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience and into the postpartum period.

LDR room labor, delivery, recovery room.

LDRP room labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum room.

operating room one especially equipped for the performance of surgical operations.

recovery room postanesthesia care unit.

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Acute Lymphangitis adverse event affirmative defense Battered Child Syndrome birthing room Bites and Stings emergency Emergency Contraception emergency department emergency medical technician EMT epidemic keratoconjunctivitis Er Gomer Human Bite Infections ipecac Level of care OR Ovarian torsion	However, a survey of physicians who care for children and adolescents in emergency rooms indicates that the pills are prescribed infrequently in that setting. Can teenagers get emergency contraception in the ER? by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health ACCORDING TO the conventional wisdom, as enunciated by an editorial in the October 31 Raleigh News & Observer, "We all pay for the uninsured already: those patients without access to a 'medical home' simply clog our emergency rooms with non-urgent matters. E.R. crowding: are the uninsured to blame? by Bailey, Ronald / Reason If any hospital emergency room has nurses who respond as Nurse Posey did in this case, it will not only find itself on the wrong side of lawsuits, but more importantly, it will have failed to provide the standard of care that we have come to expect in the emergency rooms of hospitals throughout the nation. Triage nurse failed to recognize stroke symptons! by Tammelleo, A. David / Nursing Law's Regan Report	emergency care emergency cart checking emergency childbirth Emergency Contraception emergency contraceptive Emergency contraceptive pills emergency department Emergency Doctrine emergency handling of radiation accidents emergency medical identification emergency medical service emergency medical technician emergency medical technician-advanced life support emergency medical technician-intermediate emergency medical technician-intravenous emergency medical technician-paramedic Emergency Medical Treatment & Active Labor Act emergency medicine Emergency Nurses' Association emergency nursing emergency preparation of safe drinking water Emergency Privileges emergency psychiatric commitment emergency readiness emergency room Emergency rooms emergency services Emergency Surgery emergency theory Emergency Use emergent Emergent Disease emergent evolution emerging infection emerging pathogen emeritus staff emery Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Emery-Dreifuss syndrome emesis emesis basin emesis gravidarum Emete-con emetic emetine emetine hydrochloride emetocathartic emetogenic Emetophobia Emetrol Emex australis	Emergency Response Training Course Emergency Response Unit Emergency Response Vehicle Emergency Response Working Group Emergency Response/Service Ministries Emergency Restoration Project Office Emergency Restoration Response Team Emergency Restoration Services Emergency Restoration System Emergency Restraining Order Emergency Restriction Of Speed emergency resupply emergency risk (nuclear) Emergency Risk Management Unit Emergency road service Emergency road service Emergency Road Service Provider Emergency Roadside Assistance Emergency Roadside Telephone Emergency Rocket Communications System emergency room emergency room emergency room emergency room emergency room Emergency Room Follow-Up Team Emergency Room Physician Emergency Room Registered Nurses Emergency Room Technician Emergency rooms Emergency Routine Verification Schedule Emergency Safe Altitude Emergency Safing System Emergency Satellite Communications System Emergency Scene Management Emergency School Aid Act of 1972 Emergency School Assistance Aid Emergency School Construction and Rehabilitation Project Emergency School Feeding Programme Emergency Screening Ultrasound Examination Emergency Seal Oil Pump Emergency Secondary Education Loan Program Emergency Security Control of Air Traffic Emergency Security Option Emergency service Emergency service Emergency Service Bureau Emergency service dispatcher Emergency service dispatcher Emergency Service Function Emergency Service Level Emergency service number Emergency Service Operations Emergency Service Override Emergency Service Pack Emergency Service Provider Data Service

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Acute Lymphangitis
adverse event
affirmative defense
Battered Child Syndrome
birthing room
Bites and Stings
emergency
Emergency Contraception
emergency department
emergency medical technician
EMT
epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Er
Gomer
Human Bite Infections
ipecac
Level of care
OR
Ovarian torsion

However, a survey of physicians who care for children and adolescents in emergency rooms indicates that the pills are prescribed infrequently in that setting.

Can teenagers get emergency contraception in the ER? by Hollander, Dore / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

ACCORDING TO the conventional wisdom, as enunciated by an editorial in the October 31 Raleigh News & Observer, "We all pay for the uninsured already: those patients without access to a 'medical home' simply clog our emergency rooms with non-urgent matters.

E.R. crowding: are the uninsured to blame? by Bailey, Ronald / Reason

If any hospital emergency room has nurses who respond as Nurse Posey did in this case, it will not only find itself on the wrong side of lawsuits, but more importantly, it will have failed to provide the standard of care that we have come to expect in the emergency rooms of hospitals throughout the nation.

Triage nurse failed to recognize stroke symptons! by Tammelleo, A. David / Nursing Law's Regan Report

emergency care

emergency cart checking

emergency childbirth

Emergency Contraception

emergency contraceptive

Emergency contraceptive pills

emergency department

Emergency Doctrine

emergency handling of radiation accidents

emergency medical identification

emergency medical service