Rennes Health and Rehab: Resident Left Alone in Spa - WI
The incident at Rennes Health and Rehab Center-Rhinelander triggered an immediate jeopardy finding during an October 2025 complaint inspection.
The resident, identified in inspection records only as R1, had been placed in the spa tub around 7:00 PM. He had recently recovered from COVID and then developed a urinary tract infection, leaving him with what LPN M described as slight cognition issues. He required one-person assistance and, according to LPN M, should have never been left alone. He was left alone anyway.
LPN M stepped away from the spa room to text the doctor, wanting an order establishing a time limit for the bath. When LPN M eventually returned and found the resident pale and leaning backward with his left arm draped over the tub's edge, LPN M went back to the nurses' station and told RN J that the resident was refusing to get out. RN J asked why LPN M hadn't gone in yet. LPN M said she was still waiting on the doctor's order.
RN J entered the spa room around 9:15 PM. The resident's head was lying back. His breathing was shallow. He was gurgling. CNA G was called to unplug the drain, which he could not locate at first because four washcloths had been stuffed over it, holding the hot water in. He pulled them out. The water, he said, was red-tinged from the resident's chest down.
It took four EMS workers to lift the resident out of the tub. His temperature was 106 degrees. EMS administered Narcan. It didn't work.
When a surveyor asked LPN M what staff education had followed the incident, LPN M said a text had been sent out recently, asking staff to acknowledge they had received it, about not leaving residents alone in the spa tub.
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RENNES HEALTH AND REHAB CENTER-RHINELANDER in RHINELANDER, WI was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 13, 2025.
The incident at Rennes Health and Rehab Center-Rhinelander triggered an immediate jeopardy finding during an October 2025 complaint inspection.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.