"Care"

In the afternoon one recent weekend, I was stung by a cobbler and attended the Geraldton Regional Health Campus in response. The care I received during the emergency situation, I felt, was un-reciprocative of the amount of pain that I was in at that time.

I attended ED the next night as I was nauseous and could not swallow my pain meds or antibiotics which caused me to be in even more severe pain. I was under the impression the nurse had made an assumption I was trying to gain intravenous meds and in response, in my opinion, they chose to give me a subcutaneous injection into my abdomen, as a means of discouraging me to return to ED.

I had further pain and they also made a comment that I just need to learn to swallow my tablets, when I had communicated that I'd had this issue my whole life. Subsequently, one of the individuals who took me to the ED was an RN themselves who, I believe, noticed these mannerisms as well.

I left the emergency in the same amount of pain that I went in with, if not more. Two nights later, I was extremely overwhelmed and suffered a panic attack, for a multitude of reasons. However, I firmly believe that if my request to receive altered methods of pain relief had been fulfilled, this would not have occurred. Now I am extremely discouraged about returning to the emergency department at the Geraldton Regional Health Campus, even in an emergency as I believe that I will not receive proper care.