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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
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He was admitted to emergency receiving and placed on the cardiac floor.

Q. I dont see any added meaning of "receiving" in the sentence. What does it add to the sentence?
  

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moon7296 emergency receiving It should perhaps be capitalized—Emergency Receiving—it is a department of the hospital.

  • moon7296 emergency receiving It should perhaps be capitalized—Emergency Receiving—it is a department of the hospital.
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moon7296emergency receiving
It should perhaps be capitalized—Emergency Receiving—it is a department of the hospital.
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Then do you use "Emergency Reveiving" the same as "Emergency Room/Center?"
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Yes, that's right. Or it could refer to the staff/desk at the entrance, where the ambulances come in: Emergency Receiving would then ferry the patients to the Emergency Room.

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