Seacrest Post-acute Care Center
SEACREST POST-ACUTE CARE CENTER in SAN PEDRO, CA — inspection on August 31, 2025.
Found 2 citations. Severity: Standard violations.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct within required timeframes. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns and are subject to follow-up verification.
Inspection Findings
discharged resident may obtain photocopies of his records by providing the facility with at least 15
055070 08/31/2025
Seacrest Post-Acute Care Center 1416 West 6th Street San Pedro, CA 90732
During a review of the facility's Policy & Procedure (P&P) titled, Emergency Procedure-Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation,
absence of breathing. If sudden cardiac arrest is likely, begin CPR: instruct a staff member to activate the emergency response system (code) and call 911, instruct a staff member to retrieve the automatic external defibrillator (an external defibrillator is a machine that helps restart a person's heart if it suddenly stops or beats the wrong way), verify or instruct a staff member to verify DNR or code status of the individual, initiate the basic life support (BLS- compressions, airway, breathing) sequence of events.
During a review of an online article titled, American Heart Association 2020, CPR and Emergency Cardiovascular (anything that has to do with the heart and blood vessels) Care Committee Guidelines, the article indicated, the adult basic life support algorithm (a process or set rules to be followed) for healthcare providers included verifying for scene safety, check for responsiveness, shout for nearby help, look for no breathing or only gasping and check pulse simultaneously (at the same time).
The guidelines further indicated if there was no breathing, or only gasping, with no pulse, to immediately begin CPR and perform cycles of thirty chest compressions and two breaths.AHH CPR Guidelines During a review of an online article titled, How to Perform CPR - Adult CPR Steps the article indicated, to check the scene for safety, check the person for responsiveness/breathing, if the person does not respond and is not breathing or only gasping, call 911, get equipment, or tell someone to do so, kneel beside the person, and place them on their back on a firm, flat surface.
The guidelines indicated to begin chest compressions 30 at a time, give two breaths and to continue the cycle of 30 chest compression and two breaths.www.redcross.org During a review of the facility's P&P titled, POLST/ Advanced directive, undated 2001, the P&P indicated the purpose of the P&P was to specify the form to be used by the facility in documenting resident's preferred intensity of care.
The P&P indicated the facility will honor a resident's completed POLST form from the hospital if there is no change to it.
The facility must review the POLST with the resident / responsible party and document that this is in the resident's medical records.During a review of the POLST (in general) form, the form indicated the following: 1.
First follow these orders, then contact the Physician/Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant.2. A copy of the signed POLST form is a legally valid physician's order.
Any section not completed implies full treatment for that section.
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