I was brought to CRH to the ER after a 1 car vehicle accident. I was wearing a helment as the paramedics throught that I had a ""broken neck"". I was treated in a very casual manner. the medics hitting every crack and bump in the sidewalk w/o regard to my condition. I also had a whip lash and spinal injuries. I was taken to the ER and basically left from approx. 9pm until 4:30AM. I was in exruciating pain The staff came in and out occassionally however no MD appeared for the longest time. During my wait, I did not receive any meds to lessen my pain and I could not move because of the helment they had put on my head. My back was in painful spasms. I turned on the Nurses night several times. They would turn the light off and not come to help me I was horrifled and could not stand to stay flat on my painful back. After turning on my light and no one arricving to help me, I got up, went into the nurses station area and began tearing my helmet off I was enraged at the lactk of attention and empathy. During the hours I was there, I saw no emergencies come in, there seemed not to be many patients, the Nurses and staff were laughing & joking w/each other, working casually on the computer and joking w/staff as they walked by. It was a totally unprofessional, uncompassionate, uncaring scene I watched thru the curtain they had drawn around me. The way they grabbed and pulled the curtain going in and out ennerved me. My tension increased continually
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