Now, The Truth Comes Out

The media have been all over this story about how an employee refused to give a person CPR at a Senior assisted home.
From the San Fran Chronicle: Relatives of an 87-year-old woman who died after a nurse at her retirement home refused a 911 dispatcher's pleas to perform CPR expressed satisfaction with the care she received, saying her wishes were to die naturally, while the company that owns the facility now says its worker failed to follow proper procedures.

Lorraine Bayless' death last week at Glendale Gardens, a Bakersfield independent living facility, prompted outrage after a 7-minute recording of the 911 call was released. Brookdale Senior Living, which owns the facility, initially said its employee acted correctly by waiting until emergency personnel arrived. But late Tuesday, it issued a new statement saying the employee had misinterpreted the company's guidelines and was on voluntary leave while the case is investigated.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Family-Woman-denied-CPR-wanted-no-intervention-4326960.php#ixzz2MkNglxlg

As someone who has worked with the elderly in nursing hoes and senior assisted living cewnters, I kind of knew there was more to this story.

I was pretty sure there was a no CPR order somewhere and even if the lady did survive if she had CPR, she probably would have broken ribs and probably some brain damage.

Would the lady been better off with broken ribs and brain damage, at the age of 87, especially if you  have a no CPR order.