The mother of Kinew James who died of a heart attack at the Regional Psychiatric Centre (RPC) in 2013 wants an apology from a male nurse who offended her daughter while delivering CPR on the 35-year old.

Unprofessional conduct

At the coroner’s inquest, nurse Stacey Ryma admitted saying on the similarity on performing CPR on the obese woman to a waterbed. According to Ryma, it was a comment made to lighten the mood and apologizes for saying.

According to Grace Campbell, Jame’s mother, he was not nice. When he apologized, he was looking the other way.

Edmonton first aid — At the coroner’s inquest, nurse Stacey Ryma admitted saying on the similarity on performing CPR on the obese woman to a waterbed.

James was transferred to the Saskatoon facility around 2 months earlier. She was diagnosed with adult onset diabetes which is poorly controlled. According to Dr. Jonathan Witt, her blood sugar levels were constantly above the normal level in the month before she died. He recommended good food, more water and exercise in addition to increasing insulin if the levels are too high. He could not control James’ access to sugary snacks. He said he wasn’t aware she had complained of chest pain and had an abnormal result on the ECG months earlier while at a different facility.

Lack of coordination

Dr. David Froh was on-call after Witt left. He had not seen James in person or the medical history. According to Froh, he received a non-emergency message and spoke with a nurse informing that James’ blood sugar level reached up to 30. The nurse did not provide any indication that the patient complained of feeling sick, lethargic or dizzy. If she had, he would have sought more information and sent her to a healthcare facility.

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