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[quote=Anonymous]I totalled my car and was brought in by ambulance.  I hit my on the head restraint in the rebound portion of the crash.  In the ED, I saw a doctor who wanted to do a CT and get me some help for my pain.  Then there was a huge crisis in the ED that required everyone's attention, including the doctor.

A nurse came in later and said that I was drug seeking.  I didn't know the name of the doctor I had seen and she said unless I could give her the name I was drug seeking.  I also (although unknown at the time) had a concussion and my cognitive skills were not at their best.  She basically shamed me by calling my visit post-crash drug seeking behavior.  I got up and left (a friend took me home).  She started screaming that I had to sign out AMA.  I told her I didn't get any medical advice.

Several years later, in the same ER, my sister tore a disc in her back.  Without ever doing any imaging, they gave her morphine, valium and lidocaine and sent her on her way.  The next day I took her to my doctor (she is not local) and he ordered an MRI and she had torn a disc and ruptured another.  He agreed that the meds (except the valium) and put her on prednisone.

There are real pain emergencies in the ED.  Has it come down to the point where whatever caregiver you get decides if you have pain or not?  There has to be a better way.  [/quote]

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