What is Emergency Room?
Emergency room (ER) – also called emergency department (ED)
or emergency ward (EW) – is actually a department or section of a health care
facility, which provides rapid treatments to patients with sudden illnesses or
injuries. It is also considered as the entry point for most of the serious
illnesses.
In a typical emergency room, there are specialized treatment
areas such as triage area, resuscitation area, pediatric area, obstetrics
area, and much more. Triage is the primary evaluation area, where the patients
are assessed before transferring them to other specialized areas in the
emergency room. However, if the patient has a life threatening illness or
injury, then he/she will be routed immediately under the care of a doctor.
Resuscitation is the most important section of an emergency
room. The area includes many individual resuscitation bays; each with
defibrillator, oxygen, airway equipment and emergency drugs. Equipment like
ECG machines, ultrasound devices, X-ray facilities and non-invasive
ventilation (NIV) are also included in this area.
Emergency room also provides “fast track” services for people
with rapidly curable illness or injury. This will provide quicker treatment
for patients, who otherwise have to wait for a long time for their turn.
Special consultation rooms are available for fast track services. Above all,
many emergency rooms are staffed with social workers, who assist the patients
in resolving their insurance issues and other health plan approvals.
No other division in
the hospital handles such a varied number of medical cases as an emergency
room does. It is also common that the emergency room physicians at U.S
hospitals work for other companies, which are hired by the hospital, for
providing emergency services.
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