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CPR incident prompts policy reviews on LI

Originally published: March 9, 2013 8:34 PM
Updated: March 9, 2013 8:49 PM
By RIDGELY OCHS  ridgely.ochs@newsday.com

Emergency Nurse, LPN, Luz Pingco, left, takes a

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Emergency Nurse, LPN, Luz Pingco, left, takes a blood pressure for a set of vitals on resident Betty Bangert, right, while Wellness Nurse, LPN, Colleen Hranicka (cq), center, watches, at Jefferson's Ferry Retired Community in South Setauket. (March 8, 2013)

While staff at independent-living and assisted-living facilities in New York are not legally required to perform CPR on residents, Long Island facilities said they would come to the aid of any ailing resident until emergency help arrived.

The issue came to national attention after the death an 87-year-old woman who on Feb. 26 collapsed in the dining room of an independent-living facility in...

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