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>>rossan+(OP)
since everyone else is sharing an anecdote:

When I was 14 or so I fell off my dirt bike and broke my arm, both bones in my forearm.

Went to the hospital. About 5 people asked me how it happened taking about an hour, while I was WRITHING in pain.

Finally, I complained to the right nurse and she got me something for the pain. It was just enough to stop crying, not enough to stop feeling it.

I later found out that the intake nurse was concerned about abuse.

I was dressed head to toe in dirtbike gear. I was a 150lb 14 yr old. my mother was 110 lbs.

They delayed treatment so multiple people, nurses, doctors, and hospital staff could all ask me what happened and compare if I told them the same thing.

>>fusslo+916
They may delay treatment for reasons other than just asking; my son was in the ER for 4 hours with a significant laceration (it resulted in two layers of over 2 dozen sutures each) before he was given anything as the nurses were not allowed to administer an analgesic (much less pain killers) until a doctor had examined him, and it took 4 hours for the doctor to get to him.

At no point was there any sign of the staff acting like there might be abuse or neglect involved.