In a video deposition, Wanda Nuckles answered questions about the 2014 death of a patient under her watch in the affirmative: Yes, she began doing chest compressions on 89-year-old James Dempsey after being told he had stopped breathing at the nursing home where she was a nursing supervisor. Yes, she gave the WWII vet CPR continuously until paramedics arrived.
What she didn't know was that a hidden camera installed by his family had videoed it all. 11Alive managed to get a DeKalb County court to unseal the video, which was used as part of a suit by Dempsey's family, and describes the very different story it paints: A gasping Dempsey called out for help half a dozen times before losing consciousness. A responding nurse didn't check his vital signs. Then, laughter.
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