Monday, March 4, 2013

Following Policy, Nurse Refuses To Perform CPR; Patient Dies

Calif. Woman Dies After Nurse Refuses To Do CPR by Gosia Wozniacka and Garance Burke, Associated Press.  ABC News.  March 4, 2013.

The nurse at an independent living facility refused to perform CPR on a resident, according to the policy of the facility.  She refused repeated pleadings from emergency personnel yet to arrive on the scene.  Interestingly one of the pleas was that the emergency medical system "takes the liability for this call."

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