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Admit

Meaning in emergency medicine & first aid, with examples

/ədˈmɪt/verbCommon term

In emergency medicine & first aid, admit means: To accept a patient into the hospital as an inpatient, so that they stay for further treatment instead of going home.

In Turkish: yatırmak, yatışını yapmak

How it is used

ED doctors decide whether to admit or discharge a patient. A patient is admitted to a ward, a specialty or intensive care; the noun is 'admission'. 'Admission rate' and 'decision to admit' are common performance terms. Remember that 'admit' also means to agree that something is true.

Example sentences

  1. We're going to admit her to the medical ward overnight.

  2. He was admitted to intensive care after the crash.

Common collocations

  • admit to a ward
  • admit to intensive care
  • decision to admit
  • hospital admission
  • dischargeTo allow a patient to leave the hospital or emergency department after assessment or treatment, usually with advice and follow-up arranged.
  • emergency departmentThe hospital department that treats people who arrive with a sudden illness or injury, without an appointment, 24 hours a day.
  • triageThe process of quickly sorting patients by how urgently they need treatment, so that the sickest are seen first rather than in order of arrival.
  • A&EShort for accident and emergency: the usual British name for a hospital's emergency department.

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