emergency department

medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine
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emergency department
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emergency department

Summary

emergency department has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • emergency department is a type of medical facility[2].
  • emergency department's Commons category is recorded as Emergency departments[3].
  • emergency department's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Emergency departments[4].
  • emergency department's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as emergency=emergency_ward_entrance[5].
  • emergency department's main Wikidata property is recorded as P6855[6].
  • emergency department's different from is recorded as ambulance[7].

Body

Definition and Type

emergency department is a type of medical facility[2].

Influence

Things named for emergency department include ER[8], a television series[9], directed by Christopher Chulack[10].

Why It Matters

emergency department has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for it include ER[8], a television series[9], directed by Christopher Chulack[10].

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id 961291
    Mesh term id T014151
    Library of congress classification RA975.5.E5
    Mesh concept id M0007277
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0258313-urgentni-prijem-pacientu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  2. 5w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id sh85004176
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P13591]]: concept/b6828d78-c78c-430a-bcb4-68763101f827"
  3. 7w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294877305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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