Do whatever you have to do to get a second opinion, go to another hospital, whatever. A few years ago hubby was in a horse wreck, local ER doc said he only had a couple of cracked ribs, would not admit him, released him. Hubby was having trouble breathing and I was quite concerned, as was my daughter who is a nurse. We took him to another town and ER doc there said he had numerous broken ribs and one had punctured his lung...that hospital transferred him to nearest trauma center where he had to have chest tube, a week in ICU...and lots, lots more care over weeks and months...
My experience is ER doctors are luck of the draw, and the deck is stacked against getting a good one- seems a lot of doctors don’t want to work ER.
they're human...
"doctoring" is a skill, but also an art...
every dr for the most part does the best he can...he offers what he can....
I'm a big believer in the fact that MOST patients know their own bodies the best...families know their family members the best.....as a long time nurse, you LISTEN to what the pt says.....so your family did absolutely the right thing...you knew something wasn't right and you acted...