Nursing Home Nurse "Freezes" and Fails to Perform CPR, Resident Dies Senselessly
On June 16, 2010, a resident of Pine Medical Health Care Center told a facility employee that he felt sick. When the worker arrived with nausea medication, the resident had no pulse.
The facility employee summoned a nurse. Because facility staff could not immediately locate written resusciation instructions, the nurse called her manager who told her where to locate the documents and instructed her to begin CPR. The nurse told state investigators that she "froze" was was unable to begin CPR, despite the resident's resusciation wish. The nurse faces disqualification by the state and could be included on the state's abuse registry.
The Office of Health Facility Complaints assessed a neglect finding on the facility for failing to perform CPR.
