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  1. Cops: No charges after home's refusal...

    Cops: No charges after home's refusal...

    No criminal charges will be filed after a care worker's attention-grabbing refusal to perform CPR on a resident of a Central California independent-living facility, police said.

  2. Police investigate CPR refusal

    Police investigate CPR refusal

    Bakersfield police held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce that no one has been accused of committing any crime in the death of 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless. 

  3. First responders get new safety valve

    First responders get new safety valve

    In the years since the Sept. 11 attacks and the aftermath sustained by firefighters and other emergency workers, fire service officials and mental health consultants have been looking for new approaches to give psychological support.

  4. Family reacts to policy at senior home

    Family reacts to policy at senior home

    "Is there anybody there that's willing to help this lady and not let her die?"

  5. 911 call spawns legislature concerns

    911 call spawns legislature concerns

    A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.

     
  6. Police investigating CPR refusal case

    Police investigating CPR refusal case

     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.
     
  7. Family releases heart-felt statement

    Family releases heart-felt statement

    After refusing to speak to the media, the Bayless Family released this statement about their mother's death at Glenwood Gardens:

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  1. Listen to 911 call from Glenwood...

    Listen to 911 call from Glenwood...

    An elderly woman who was reportedly refused CPR by staff at a local home died at a hospital on Tuesday.

  2. Glenwood Gardens releases statement

    Glenwood Gardens releases statement

    Glenwood Gardens is an independent living facility, which by law is not licensed to provide medical care to any of its residents. We are conducting an internal review to determine all of the facts about what occurred while waiting for the …
  3. 911 Call: Home refuses CPR to woman

    911 Call: Home refuses CPR to woman

    A woman died after she was reportedly refused CPR by the home she was living in.

  1. Bakersfield woman dies after nurse...

    Bakersfield woman dies after nurse...

    A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.

  2. CPR instructor stresses training

    CPR instructor stresses training

    CPR instructor TJ Magness with Kern CPR is stunned by what happened at Glenwood Gardens independent living home last Tuesday.

  3. Police investigating CPR refusal case

    Police investigating CPR refusal case

     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.
     
  1. 911 call spawns legislature concerns

    911 call spawns legislature concerns

    A nurse's refusal to give CPR to a dying 87-year-old woman at a California independent living home despite desperate pleas from a 911 dispatcher has prompted outrage and spawned a criminal investigation.

     
  2. 911 Call: Home refuses CPR to woman

    911 Call: Home refuses CPR to woman

    A woman died after she was reportedly refused CPR by the home she was living in.

  3. Study: Few perform CPR when needed

    Study: Few perform CPR when needed

    Researchers have found that only about 30 to 40 percent of people will attempt CPR when they see someone in apparent cardiac arrest.

  1. Did the nurse break any obligations?

    Did the nurse break any obligations?

    Did the nurse who refused to perform CPR to an elderly woman break any obligation to help?

  2. Police investigate CPR refusal

    Police investigate CPR refusal

    Bakersfield police held a news conference Monday afternoon to announce that no one has been accused of committing any crime in the death of 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless. 

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