emergency room
Americannoun
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emergency rooms
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"The fact was the emergency room wasn't busy that day; it was just busy with people trying to volunteer. There were no survivors that were coming," Rowland said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
In the veterinary emergency room, Samba was anesthetized, and the medical staff was then able to draw her blood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
But in the race to take on Feely, Amish Shah, an emergency room physician, is leading Marlene Galán-Woods, a former broadcast journalist whom Democrats’ House campaign arm had endorsed.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
The resulting dizziness or delirium can trigger a visit to the hospital emergency room.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
At twenty-one, he was an emergency room tech on his way to medical school when their mother, Didi, took up with an orthodontist she’d met over the internet and announced she was moving to Oregon.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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