Police investigating death of Calif. living facility resident denied CPR due to policy
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Police in Bakersfield are investigating whether there was any criminal wrongdoing in an independent living facility's handling of a resident's death after a nurse refused to perform CPR on the woman.
Bakersfield Police Department spokeswoman Michaela Beard says police dispatcher first fielded the call from the facility last week saying that a woman had collapsed in the dining room. Beard says police immediately routed it to the fire department for emergency services.
But when a second dispatcher pleaded with a nurse at the facility to perform CPR on the resident, she refused.
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Beard said Monday the department is looking into the incident. She says she can't provide any additional information because the investigation is ongoing.