A dying vet needed CPR. Hidden video shows his nurse laughing instead.
Wanda Nuckles
In a deposition more than a year later  which the NBC station also aired  the video was shown to  Wanda Nuckles   the nursing supervisor on duty that night.
âWould you agree it appears as though heâs gasping for air?â the questioner asked  Nuckles .
Staff returned to the room nearly an hour later and found Dempsey unconscious  the NBC station reported. Nearly another full hour passed before anyone called 911  according to the station. At that point   Nuckles herself  was called up to the room.
Earlier in  her  deposition   Nuckles  testified that  she  ran across the nursing homeâs courtyard to Dempseyâs room  where  she  said  she  and a second nurse took turns performing constant CPR. âUnless a doctor says stop  you have to continue â  Nuckles  told the questioner. âThatâs always been the rule.â
But the questioner played a clip from the video that told a different story. In the video   Nuckles  walked into the room shortly before 6:30 a.m.  where another nurse stood by Dempseyâs bed. Someone flipped the dying manâs sheet up  and someone lowered his bed. But neither  Nuckles  nor the nurse appeared to touch Dempseyâs chest.
âContrary to the way you testified previously  thereâs no one doing CPR  is there?â the questioner asked  Nuckles  after playing the clip.
âNo â  Nuckles  said.
A few minutes later  a third worker joined  Nuckles  and the second nurse. Dempsey was still not moving  and still no one was attempting CPR.
The NBC station reported that the nurses were having trouble getting Dempseyâs oxygen machine to work by 6:30 a.m. â at which point in the video  Nuckles  pressed both hands onto Dempseyâs mattress and someone laughed.
âMaâam  is there something funny that was happening?â the questioner asked  Nuckles  in the deposition.
âI have no clue  sir â  she  said. âI canât even remember all that.â
A minute later   Nuckles  finally attempted CPR on Dempsey.  She  pumped his chest half a dozen times in the video  then stopped.
 Nuckles  and the other nurse in the video lost their licenses after the Georgia Board of Nursing learned of the video last year  according to NBC.  Nuckles  could not be reached by The Washington Post.
In a deposition more than a year later  which the NBC station also aired  the video was shown to   [TGT]    the nursing supervisor on duty that night.
âWould you agree it appears as though heâs gasping for air?â the questioner asked  Nuckles .
Staff returned to the room nearly an hour later and found Dempsey unconscious  the NBC station reported. Nearly another full hour passed before anyone called 911  according to the station. At that point   Nuckles herself  was called up to the room.
Earlier in  her  deposition   Nuckles  testified that  she  ran across the nursing homeâs courtyard to Dempseyâs room  where  she  said  she  and a second nurse took turns performing constant CPR. âUnless a doctor says stop  you have to continue â  Nuckles  told the questioner. âThatâs always been the rule.â
But the questioner played a clip from the video that told a different story. In the video   Nuckles  walked into the room shortly before 6:30 a.m.  where another nurse stood by Dempseyâs bed. Someone flipped the dying manâs sheet up  and someone lowered his bed. But neither  Nuckles  nor the nurse appeared to touch Dempseyâs chest.
âContrary to the way you testified previously  thereâs no one doing CPR  is there?â the questioner asked  Nuckles  after playing the clip.
âNo â  Nuckles  said.
A few minutes later  a third worker joined  Nuckles  and the second nurse. Dempsey was still not moving  and still no one was attempting CPR.
The NBC station reported that the nurses were having trouble getting Dempseyâs oxygen machine to work by 6:30 a.m. â at which point in the video  Nuckles  pressed both hands onto Dempseyâs mattress and someone laughed.
âMaâam  is there something funny that was happening?â the questioner asked  Nuckles  in the deposition.
âI have no clue  sir â  she  said. âI canât even remember all that.â
A minute later   Nuckles  finally attempted CPR on Dempsey.  She  pumped his chest half a dozen times in the video  then stopped.
 Nuckles  and the other nurse in the video lost their licenses after the Georgia Board of Nursing learned of the video last year  according to NBC.  Nuckles  could not be reached by The Washington Post.