{"id":76044,"date":"2017-11-19T08:45:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T13:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=76044"},"modified":"2017-11-19T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T13:45:11","slug":"cant-breathe-help-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=76044","title":{"rendered":"Can’t breathe…help me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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USAToday<\/a> reports on the story of World War II veteran James Dempsey, of Woodstock, Georgia who was in a nursing home. One day, he began gasping for air and he called for help from the nursing home staff. Nursing supervisor, Wanda Nuckles, claims she rushed to his side and began chest compressions until paramedics arrived. <\/p>\n

What she didn’t know was that the family had installed a camera which recorded the activity. Nuckles didn’t rush into the room and she didn’t begin chest compression immediately. Another nurse had to arrive and do the medically necessary procedure but she didn’t check his vital signs.<\/p>\n

When they couldn’t get the patient’s oxygen machine working, the video recorded their laughter.<\/p>\n

Elaine Harris, a retired nursing professor and expert in adult critical care, identified several violations of care in the video, including failure to respond, failure to assess and failure to act.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 43 years in nursing, I have never seen such disregard for human life in a health care setting,” she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is absolutely inappropriate. You never stop compressions\u201d until a doctor makes a decision not to resuscitate, Harris said.<\/p>\n

Operators of the nursing home, owned by Sava Senior Care, declined interview requests but prepared a statement that officials were saddened by the events that occurred more than three years ago.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nuckles and the other nurse gave up their licenses in September, more than three years after the incident. That probably wouldn’t have happened without the video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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