ER patient
Urgent care recipient
An ER patient is someone receiving care in a hospital emergency room.
The term appears in medical contexts and news reports: The ER patient waited six hours to see a doctor.
It can also describe someone's temporary status: I was an ER patient after the accident.
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- car accidentCollision involving automobiles
- gunshot woundDamage from discharged firearm
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
gurney · waiting · waiting room · critical · life support · crash cart · vital signs · IV · bleeding · chest pain · heart attack · pain · urgent · accident · injury · nurse · doctor · stretcher
- patientsinpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
healthcare role
ER patientER doctor
Treats urgent medical crises
emergency physician · ER nurse · trauma surgeon · paramedic · emergency responder
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