emergency ward
Hospital trauma section
An emergency ward is a hospital department that treats patients with urgent medical conditions requiring immediate attention—injuries, heart attacks, severe illness.
Also called emergency room (ER) or emergency department (ED).
She was rushed to the emergency ward after the accident.
The terms are largely interchangeable, though "ward" suggests the treatment area itself while "room" or "department" emphasizes the facility.
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- first respondersPersonnel arriving at emergencies initially
- triageSeverity-based prioritization
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
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- Emergency Servicesambulance, firefighters, paramedics, police, first responders
- wards
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Medical facility without hospitalization
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emergency wardprimary care
First-line medical services
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