How to Use emergency room in a Sentence

emergency room

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  • Getting the worst headache of your life should send you to the emergency room.
    — Judy Stone, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • My daughter told me to get dressed and took me to the emergency room.
    — Donna Blass, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • This is ripe for abuse and people getting sick and trips to the emergency room.
    — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The victims are in the emergency room, spokesperson John Foren said.
    — Tara Subramaniam, CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Alex Murdaugh came to the emergency room and talked to others on the boat the night of the February 2019 crash.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The two went to the emergency room and found out there was something terribly wrong.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2023
  • After passing out in a bathroom, he was rushed to the emergency room.
    — Aaron Pressman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
  • Our elevator in the back of the emergency room had been broken for over a year.
    — Michael Kaplan, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Not having someone to rely on can drive up trips to the emergency room, the survey found.
    — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Bud drove himself to the emergency room and sat there to be helped, pushed between victims.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • The downside is that the cost of an FSED visit can be equal to—or greater than—the cost of a regular emergency room visit.
    — Alexis Jones, Health, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Months later, Chestnut, struggling to breathe, was rushed to the emergency room.
    — Lauren Sausser, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The nurses asked on three occasions that Mitchell be taken to the emergency room, their lawyer states.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 10 Mar. 2023
  • He was handcuffed and transported to the emergency room.
    — Annie Ma, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • So in lieu of an ambulance, his mother called his cousin, who lived in Eagle Rock, to take him to the emergency room.
    — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Nevaeh was taken to the emergency room but suffered two more seizures during the trip, the documents say.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Stearns said emergency room boarding is a problem that dates back over a decade in New Hampshire.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
  • Following that visit, Aiden was sent to the emergency room.
    — Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • During the exchange, Mr. Rife learned that the woman’s ex was an emergency room worker.
    — Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Soon, paramedics were there too, using their AED to shock Hillmon before rushing to the emergency room.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The concern is that a physician shortage could affect access to care and create long waits in the emergency room.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Bolden said that his son was bruised, limping, and needed crutches as well as a trip to the emergency room after the attack.
    — Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • At first, doctors in the emergency room couldn't figure out the reason for his discomfort.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And the turntable that will deliver the children to Neverland looks just as likely to deliver them to the emergency room.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Cronin and her boyfriend, an emergency room nurse, rushed out to help the woman, who was being moved by others into a neighbor’s home to escape the storm.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Nathan was again rushed to the emergency room, given an MRI and this time sent home with anti-seizure medication.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Bonnie Lovette will never forget the face of a 2-month-old infant who was rushed into the emergency room after a car wreck.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
  • In contrast, the new patients were often rushed to the emergency room with tics that had appeared seemingly overnight.
    — Azeen Ghorayshi Amber Bracken, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The medical staff there checked her vitals and then made the decision to send her to an emergency room — all while Beauvais, 57, was by her side.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The person was taken to the emergency room for their injuries and then released, wildlife officials said.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 23 Jan. 2024

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