emergency room
Americannoun
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Days later, he ended up in an emergency room, where medical testing later confirmed an E. coli infection that resulted in a life-threatening kidney complication, according to his attorney.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Doctors only gave Thurman a methotrexate injection, a medication treatment, when her OB-GYN went to the hospital and spoke to the staff in person on her fourth visit to the emergency room.
From Salon • May 26, 2026
They can disrupt daily life and frequently send people to the emergency room.
From Science Daily • May 1, 2026
A well-funded brokerage account does not automatically grant someone the legal right to speak for you in an emergency room.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
In peacetime, however, in a well-staffed, well-stocked American emergency room, triage isn’t about withholding care from anyone; rather, it’s identifying the patients in the gravest danger and treating them first.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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