Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
alt. (context chiefly British NZ English) The department of a hospital that deals with injury and medical emergencies. n. (context chiefly British NZ English) The department of a hospital that deals with injury and medical emergencies.
Wikipedia
Accident and Emergency is a department in a medical facility that specializes in the acute care of patients without any prior appointments
Accident and Emergency may also refer to:
- A&E (song), a song performed by British duo Goldfrapp
- Accident & Emergency, a single by English singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf
- A+E (album), a 2012 album by Graham Coxon
Usage examples of "accident and emergency".
He called the police accident and emergency line, and a slow-voiced, calm and sensible woman ran some checks: no, she informed him, after a long and agonizing delay, there had been no road accidents in the vicinity of Oxford that night.
Two search and rescue helicopters were parked on their pads behind the accident and emergency annex.
It is the only known specimen of a truly unique life-form, and if the species can reproduce itself in sufficient numbers and be active among other species without harmful side effects, medicine throughout the Galactic Federation will be reduced to the practice of accident and emergency surgical procedures.
She let them see the accident and emergency facility at the uptown hospital.