hospitalizing
Sending for treatment
Hospitalizing is admitting someone to a hospital for treatment.
The word implies a condition serious enough to require inpatient care: The injury was severe enough to require hospitalizing him.
In American English, the form is hospitalizing; British English uses hospitalising.
Confessing or granting entry
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- paperworkAdministrative written tasks
wristband · patient ID · medical history · consent forms · attending physician · room number · overnight · length of stay
Weighty and requiring attention
- critical conditionSeverely ill, unstable medically
- life-threateningRisking death
- graveSerious and worrying
- intensiveConcentrated and thorough
dire · dangerous · severe · acute · unstable · deteriorating · complications · worsening
Emergency medical transport
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
triage · critical · stabilizing · stretcher · sirens · 911 · crash cart · urgent
Of mental health treatment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
observation · psych ward · stabilization · intervention · assessment · hold · inpatient · counseling
Invasive medical procedure
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- nursing careHealth support from nurses
specialist · rounds · therapy · transfusion · procedure · rehabilitation · tests · imaging
admitting
Confessing or granting entry
- intakeAmount received or consumed
- registrationFormal recording of participation
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
paperwork · wristband · patient ID · medical history · consent forms · attending physician · room number · overnight · length of stay · referral
serious
Weighty and requiring attention
- critical conditionSeverely ill, unstable medically
- life-threateningRisking death
- graveSerious and worrying
intensive · dire · dangerous · severe · acute · unstable · deteriorating · complications · worsening · escalation
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
- emergency roomHospital crisis department
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
paramedic · triage · critical · stabilizing · stretcher · sirens · 911 · crash cart · urgent · life-threatening
psychiatric
Of mental health treatment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
crisis · observation · psych ward · stabilization · intervention · assessment · hold · inpatient · counseling · safety
surgery
Invasive medical procedure
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
nursing care · specialist · rounds · therapy · transfusion · procedure · rehabilitation · tests · imaging · labs
hospitalizingoutpatient treatment
Care without overnight admission
home care · office visit · telemedicine · ambulatory care · discharging
hospitalizingdischarging
Releasing or letting go
releasing · letting go · deinstitutionalizing · freeing · checking out
host, hospital, hostel, hospitable, hospitality, hospitals, hospice, hospitalized, hospitalize