05 Mar Refusal to perform CPR at senior living facility probed
Posted at 16:51h
in News
Bakersfield (Calif.) police are investigating a senior living facility over its handling of an 87-year-old woman who died after a staff member declined to perform CPR last week.
A woman who identified herself as a nurse at Glenwood Gardens refused to give the woman CPR as directed by a Bakersfield fire dispatcher, saying that it was against the facility’s policy for staff to do so, according to a 911 tape released by the Bakersfield Fire Department.
Police are trying to “determine whether or not there is any criminal wrongdoing in the matter,” such as negligence or abuse, said Michaela Beard, a spokeswoman for the Bakersfield Police Department.