Careview Health and Rehab: CPR Protocol Violation - WI
The deficiency, tagged F0678, cited the facility for failures in its Basic Life Support procedures. The citation affected a small number of residents and was rated at a level of minimal harm or potential for actual harm, the second-lowest tier on the federal harm scale. That rating does not mean nothing went wrong. It means inspectors could not document that a resident was seriously hurt. The gap between "no documented harm" and "no harm" is where nursing home failures often live.
Careview's own BLS policy, revised before the inspection, laid out a precise sequence drawn from the American Heart Association's 2020 Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care. The steps were not ambiguous. Check the victim for responsiveness, breathing, and pulse. Shout for nearby help. Activate the emergency response system, or send someone to call 911. Notify the attending physician and the resident's family. Call a code. Send someone to retrieve the AED and emergency equipment. Confirm the absence of pulse and breathing. If no pulse is felt within ten seconds, begin CPR. Deploy the AED as soon as it is available.
The facility had put those steps on paper. Inspectors found the execution fell short.
CPR in a nursing home is not a theoretical concern. Residents are elderly, often medically fragile, and cardiac events happen. The minutes between collapse and the start of effective compressions are the minutes that determine whether someone survives, and in what condition. A delay of two minutes without CPR can reduce survival odds. A delay of ten, in most cases, ends the question entirely.
The AHA guidelines Careview cited in its own policy exist because the sequence matters. Shouting for help before doing anything else means more hands arrive faster. Calling 911 before beginning compressions means a paramedic team is already moving while staff works. Sending a separate person for the AED means it arrives while CPR is in progress, not after. Each step is designed to compress the time between collapse and intervention. Skipping or reordering them is not a minor procedural variance. It is a change in the probability that a resident lives.
Careview Health and Rehab of Minocqua sits on Old Highway 70 Road, a facility serving residents in a rural Wisconsin community where the nearest hospital may not be minutes away. In that setting, the internal emergency response chain carries more weight, not less. When the ambulance is farther out, the staff in the building has more of the work to do.
The complaint inspection that produced this citation was completed October 23, 2025. The deficiency was one of the findings documented across ten pages of inspection records. The facility's provider ID is 525678.
A plan of correction is required for cited deficiencies. What Careview submitted, and whether it addressed the root cause of the breakdown or restated the policy that already existed on paper, is available through the facility or the Wisconsin state survey agency.
The citation does not record which resident was affected, or whether they were in their room when inspectors arrived, or whether they ever knew that the protocol written to protect them had not been followed the way it was written. The inspection report does not say. What it says is that the steps were there, the staff knew them, and something in the execution did not match.
Full Inspection Report
The details above represent a summary of key findings. View the complete inspection report for Careview Health and Rehab of Minocqua from 2025-10-23 including all violations, facility responses, and corrective action plans.
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CAREVIEW HEALTH AND REHAB OF MINOCQUA in MINOCQUA, WI was cited for violations during a health inspection on October 23, 2025.
The deficiency, tagged F0678, cited the facility for failures in its Basic Life Support procedures.
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.