Emergency ward

An emergency ward is a medical treatment facility where acute care is given to patients with no prior appointment.

• Add emergency=yes to a hospital (amenity=hospital) to state that the hospital has an emergency ward.
• Use emergency=emergency_ward_entrance to mark the entrance to an emergency ward.
• A driveway that exclusively serves the emergency ward should be tagged as an emergency=designated driveway, not as a service=emergency_access: see this section for details on the applicable tags to use in combination and for the rationale.

• How emergency ward itself should be tagged?
  • healthcare=emergency_ward has some minimal use
  • amenity=clinic + emergency=yes was also observed

External links

• Emergency department