Based on record review and staff interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to provide effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) consistent with basic life support protocols to a resident who was found without a pulse or respirations, Resident ID #3. 1. Record review revealed Resident ID #3 was admitted to the facility in August of 2025 with diagnoses including, but not limited to, acute and chronic respiratory failure with hypoxia (low levels of oxygen in the blood) and a tracheostomy (a surgical procedure to create an opening through the neck into the windpipe to facilitate breathing).Record review revealed that Resident ID #3 was a full code indicating that s/he wishes to receive life saving measures including CPR, which consists of chest compressions and rescue… …
F678 citations in Rhode Island
Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies
Provide basic life support, including CPR, prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel , subject to physician orders and the resident’s advance directives.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Rhode Island cites F678 less often than its own record predicts
0.95 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2025, this is the portion that was F678.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F678 findings written in Rhode Island, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
Based on record review and staff interview it has been determined that the facility failed to provide basic life support, including Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), to a resident requiring such emergency care prior to the arrival of emergency medical personnel, subject to related physician orders [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . Findings are as follows: Review of the record revealed this resident was admitted to the facility in July of 2018 with diagnoses [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] . …
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