Health Care

Hospital Emergency Service

Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Hospital department responsible for the administration and provision of immediate medical or surgical care to the emergency patient.

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Synonyms

51 entry terms
  • Accident and Emergency Department
  • Emergency Departments
  • Emergency Hospital Service
  • Emergency Room
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Emergency Units
  • Emergency Ward
  • Hospital Emergency Room
  • Hospital Service Emergency
  • Service, Hospital Emergency
  • Department, Emergency
  • Departments, Emergency
  • Emergencies, Hospital Service
  • Emergency Department
  • Emergency Hospital Services
  • Emergency Room, Hospital
  • Emergency Rooms
  • Emergency Rooms, Hospital
  • Emergency Services, Hospital
  • Emergency Unit
  • Emergency Wards
  • Emergency, Hospital Service
  • Hospital Emergency Rooms
  • Hospital Emergency Services
  • Hospital Service Emergencies
  • Hospital Service, Emergency
  • Hospital Services, Emergency
  • Room, Emergency
  • Room, Hospital Emergency
  • Rooms, Emergency
  • Rooms, Hospital Emergency
  • Service Emergencies, Hospital
  • Service Emergency, Hospital
  • Service, Emergency Hospital
  • Services, Emergency Hospital
  • Services, Hospital Emergency
  • Unit, Emergency
  • Units, Emergency
  • Ward, Emergency
  • Wards, Emergency
  • Emergency Outpatient Unit
  • Emergency Services Utilization
  • Hospital Emergency Services Utilization
  • Emergency Outpatient Units
  • Outpatient Unit, Emergency
  • Outpatient Units, Emergency
  • Services Utilization, Emergency
  • Services Utilizations, Emergency
  • Unit, Emergency Outpatient
  • Units, Emergency Outpatient
  • Utilization, Emergency Services

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

78; was HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE 1963-77

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  1. N02.278w.216.500.968w.336w
  2. N02.421.297w.195w
  3. N04w.452.442.452.422w.336w

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NLM Classification

WX 215

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hospital Emergency Service. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004636. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004636
  2. Hospital Emergency Service. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_department
  3. Hospital Emergency Service. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1295316