run to the ER too easily

AnonymousHow should I have phrased the following sentences?

A lot of people run to the Emergency room too easily, at the slightest thing problem. Emergency room like in its name means is for Emergencies.

"easily" is understandable, but I would use 'readily' or 'often'.

A lot of people (run)(go) to the Emergemcy Room too (readily)(often),

Many people use the emergency room for non-life-theatening situations. Emergency room, as its name suggests is for emergencies.
No need to capitlaize emergency room.

grammarfreakNo need to capitlaize emergency room.

I think you are more likely to see it capitalized. 'emergency room' looks pretty wimpy and unimpressive.

And "Emergency Room" is a name.

canadian45And "Emergency Room" is a name.

I am curious as I am not sure what the rules are where you live. By that same reasoning, so are hospital, library, and post office. Are you gonig to capitalize all of them ? Generic names require no capitalization generally speaking.

The number of people who land in the emergency room after downing energy drinks

grammarfreakI am curious as I am not sure what the rules are where you live. By that same reasoning, so are hospital, library, and post office. There, they are just nouns. But when they are names of specific places they are capitalized.

grammarfreakThe number of people wh

canadian45,
The oringinal sentence: A lot of people run to the Emergency room too easily.
This is a general statement regarding emergency rooms in general. We are not talking about a specific emergency room.
Please tell me. If one said: I probably ate some bad oysters at the buffet. I had to go the the emergency room last night. By this simple context, would you capitlaize "eme

grammarfreakThe oringinal sentence: A lot of people run to the Emergency room too easily.
This is a general statement regarding emergency rooms in general. We are not talking about a specific emergency room.

Yes, you are right!
The original post had a capital E and I absent-mindedly matched it with a capital R. Doing so, I lost track of the fact that t

I became curious about capitalizing Emergency Room or not, so I checked the websites of two nearby hospitals. One refers to it as the "Emergency Department" while the other calls it the "emergency department". One of them then abbreviates it consistently as ED while the other calls it ED in some places and ER in others. Wikipedia goes with emergency department (ED) also known as emergency room (ER

Bakc in the 90's, there was a show called the "E.R." that practically launched George Clooney to big-time star status. But that is another story. When a title is abbreviated, it is normally capitalized. But in its full title, if it is not a proper name, such as a company's name like Cisco or Oracle, names of generic establishments are not capitilized. It is true that at the location where ambulanc