Britpick Question

[amberfocus]

What's the emergency room called in your hospitals?  I'm thinking it's A&E for accidents and emergencies but I can't quite remember.  Thank you!

Comments

[the-magpye.livejournal.com]

It's usually A&E, yep!

Accident and Emergency. Only ever been once, touch wood, hope not to go again! xD

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[solarflar3.livejournal.com]

Yep A&E for the most part. Some hospitals, smaller ones, have minor injury A&E's. These take things like fractures, cuts requiring stitches and things like that but aren't equipped to take anything more than that. There is a minor injury A&E a couple of miles away from us which I have used a few times. (Three times for my son; broken foot (kicked a wall instead of the football), bead in ear (don't ask!) and stitches in his head (close encounter with a concrete post)...)

Why yes, he is rather dsypraxic as it happens...!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

*grins* Thanks.

[ex-miss-pru.livejournal.com]

Or Casualty

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[salimali.livejournal.com]

Either will do fine as they are both in prominant use, casualty is the older version, but A&E is becoming more popular. So it could depend really on who is saying it or if its written on a sign (signage would 99% be A&E now) larger hospitals offer 24 hr, smaller/rural tend to work limited hours eg 7.30am to 6pm ish

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[azriona.livejournal.com]

Do you realize the havoc you could bring on your flist should you ask about the British slang terms for various things? I mean, if you were sick and twisted, you could have a lot of fun with that....

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

Ah, but that's what Britglish and wiki are for...

[ageless-aislynn.livejournal.com]

*continues to glean information from your Britpicking*

*adjusts halo* ;) ♥!

[amberfocus.livejournal.com]

*grins*