As a nurse for decades I have on occasion seen people who come to he ER with sever pain treated the same way. The ER only treats the symptoms not the cause and sends the person in severe pain with no obvious reason for it home that is if they appear stable enough to be followed up by their doctor which can take days to get an appointment. Once in 1986 I went to the ER with my 2 yr old daughter while we were traveling and had to use the ER when she got the Hong Kong Flu. I was there daily as the told me to go home and give her fluids even though she was severely throwing up. I had no medical insurance at the time but the cash to take care of the bill and I finally called the doctor and demanded that he see her now and give he IV Fluids since now she was almost in a coma. He came to the ER in his pj's angry at me but the fluids saved he life. I was upset since in the 1970's we use to keep anyone that came into the ER with severe symptoms for overnight observation. Can happen to ANYONE!