Every time I've been to the ER, it's been a completely traumatic experience. The last time, I went in after I'd been in a car accident and my neck was in so much pain I couldn't move - I waited an hour and a half, was given some painkillers, and sent home. My request for x-rays and a second opinion was (repeatedly) denied and I was more or less shoved out the door. My father's chiropractor eventually did the x-trays for free and discovered I had some intense damage in my spine. Last month I had pneumonia, but sucked it up and went into my campus' health center vs the ER because I knew I wouldn't get help at an ER.