emergency department

Summary

emergency department ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,144 views/month).^[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 ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,144 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[11] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[12]

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