An emergency room refers to a department in a medical facility that specializes in the acute care of patients without any prior appointments Emergency room may also refer to: Emergency Room (series), a series of medical simulation video games A meeting room used by governments and civil servants for emergency management purposes in times of crisis E/R, a 1984-1985 American situation comedy television series ER, a 1994–2009 American medical drama television series The Emergency Room, an underground experimental music venue in Vancouver, Canada "Emergency Room", an episode in the French animated series, Oggy and the Cockroaches