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Letters: Put your CPR wishes in writing
Re "When CPR isn't the right medicine," Opinion, March 13 I agree with Kevin M. Dirksen and Neil S. Wenger about the need for a patient to discuss whether life-saving procedures should be performed if his or her heart stops. These discussions need to be...Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Should family members watch as their dying loved ones get CPR?
On “Grey’s Anatomy,” doctors steer family members out of the hospital room when they call a code blue and start performing CPR on a patient because it’s just too upsetting to watch. But in real life, doctors should be inviting...
Tags: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Behavioral Conditions, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Medical Research, Medical Procedures and Tests
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When CPR isn't the right medicine
The 911 call last month that led to an emergency dispatcher begging workers at a Bakersfield senior living facility to perform CPR on a woman captured the attention of the public. A staff worker told the dispatcher it was against the facility's policy...
Tags: Ethics, Heart Failure, Religion and Belief, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners
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No charges against adult center staffer who refused to do CPR
L.A. NOWBakersfield police have closed an investigation into a senior living facility where a staff member refused to perform CPR on an elderly woman who later died, and say no criminal charges will be pursued. Police began their probe Monday into...... -
Man killed, 16-year-old wounded in Placentia shooting
L.A. NOWPlacentia police are investigating what they believe was a gang-related shooting that killed an 19-year-old man and critically wounded a 16-year-old, officials said.... -
Refusing CPR to dying woman not a crime, police conclude
L.A. NOWNo crime was committed at a senior living facility where a staff member refused to perform CPR on an elderly woman who later died, Bakersfield police concluded. The investigation would appear to close the books on the case, which has...... -
Costa Mesa cop killed in solo crash was veteran detective
L.A. NOWA Costa Mesa police officer killed late Tuesday when his car crashed into a concrete piling has been identified as one of the department's detectives and a 32-year veteran, police said. Mike Delgadillo was killed after a crash near Newport...... -
Worker who refused to perform CPR on leave from senior center
L.A. NOWThe parent company of a Bakersfield senior living facility where a staff member refused to perform CPR said the employee is on voluntary leave while the case is being investigated, the Associated Press reported.... -
Family backs adult care center that refused CPR to dying woman
L.A. NOWThe family of an 87-year-old woman who died after a staff member at a Bakersfield nursing home refused to perform CPR last week backed the decision and said they do not plan to sue the facility.... -
Family: Woman at care center did not want life-prolonging measures
L.A. NOWThe 87-year-old woman who died after a staff member at a Bakersfield senior living facility refused to perform CPR last week did not want life-prolonging intervention, her family said Tuesday.... -
No prior complaints about senior facility where staffer refused CPR
L.A. NOWBakersfield police received no complaints about a senior living facility before beginning an investigation into the facility's handling of an 87-year-old woman who died after a staff member declined to perform CPR last week, authorities said.... -
Nurse who refused to give CPR followed protocol, facility official says
L.A. NOWThe staff member at a Bakersfield senior living facility who refused to perform CPR on an 87-year-old woman who later died was following the facility's protocol, its executive director said....
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