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1. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   sick/not feeling good. we place the patient to a safety check per shift. Sometimes it is an every 2 hour safety check. But with this patient case we only started the safety check per shift Friday afternoon because he started feeling ill Friday mornin...

2. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   Our facility is a retirement/assisted living. This patient is in an assisted living department.

3. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   hello! Yes, Friday Afternoon patient is placed on a safety check per shift. So that's 3x a day check. The NOC worker wasn't question about this (as far as I know). But I agree with you.

4. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly! That was her defense. Patient's POLST stated a DNR. But the Director of the facility told her "you should have performed CPR still until paramedics arrive" another co-worker told her "you're not the one to decide 'to not attempt' CPR". And t...

5. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for this response. I will let her read this. She's more concern of losing her job that she loves to do just because she didn't attempt cpr even though its our facility protocol to still attempt cpr until paramedics arrive.

6. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   The thing is, we saw this patient day before he died. His vitals is elevated. oxygen level down to 84-85%..pulse up to 100s..b/p is normal. He was whizzing really bad. He was brought to urgent care. He came back in the facility with a prescription fo...

7. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   SHe was instructed to do perform CPR to the patient due to her statement "Patient is not breathing" instead of stating "patient is in rigor mortis/dead" . No CPR attempted though. And that's her main concern. For not performing so, will there be a po...

8. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, according to her when she asked both paramedics and police department the estimated time with that situation, they responded 3-5 hours "maybe". The protocol in the facility though is to attempt CPR until paramedics came which she didn't do. Was ...

9. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

   Nar09 replied to Nar09's topic in General Nursing

   Hello! My co-worker didn't state to the 911 operator that the patient is in rigor mortis. Though she stated "he's not breathing" That's why operator instructed her to do CPR. But when she explained that patient is in purple color, cold and purple in ...

10. Didnt attemp CPR to a rigor mortis patient

    Nar09 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am here for a co-worker that's very stress out regarding the incident that just happened at the facility where we're working for. Per her statement, she walked in to a patient's apartment and found him laying on his side unresponsive, blue-p...