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I hope and pray that I never need to go to the eme...

I hope and pray that I never need to go to the emergency room ever again. The people acted as though they were automated. There was no empathy, no help, etc. They just put you through the process and do their best to push you out as fast as they can. I laid there in extreme pain for more than two hours after my car flipped over and landed upside down with me hanging by my seat belt. I laid on a stretcher without anyone to help or talk to. I didn't have my phone with me. I didn't have the cord available that you push to call a nurse. The ER doctor forgot to call in an order for pain medication. I needed to use the bathroom and didn't know if my body was broken anywhere. In desperation, I inched myself down towards the bottom of the stretcher since the sides were raised, and then I got into a standing position and held onto the bed. Everyone out in the nurse's station were sitting at computers. A male nurse happened to be walking by and saw me. He came to see if I needed help. Afterwards, I was taken to X-rays and a CT scan. Each time, I was asked to move myself physically from one stretcher to another. I finally requested that they just slide me on the sheet, because I could no longer stand the pain in my back and hips. Then I was transported to a room where I was left without turning on the light and again, no way of contacting anyone. Not only that, they lost an article of my clothing as well as my driver's license. Then they did not give me pain medication until they were ready to discharge me. It made me sick and I had to take a minute to let it pass. I hope to never see this place again...

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