I took someone to an emergency room several years ago. There was a woman there moaning and groaning. Later a young woman came screaming about stomach pain. After a while I asked why they weren’t being treated. The nurses told me that they came in all of the time with fake pains hoping to get free drugs/dope. If one of these people came in with a real pain I’m sure they would have to wait because of their previous behavior.
I think just about all emergency rooms of any size have these actors. It’s sometimes a very hard call—and, of course, mistakes are made. However, if you are processing and seeing upwards of 100 patients per hr as many large ER’s are, these “actors” can be very trying.