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Jan 20, 2012 · And by the time the E.R. nurse finally called her name two hours later, Beatrice Vance was slumped in her chair, already dead. The coroner’s report determined that this heart attack was caused by a blocked coronary artery, and contributing factors were delayed and inadequate treatment.
Sep 17, 2006 · September 17, 2006, 5:01 AM. Sept. 17, 2006 -- In July, forty-nine-year old Beatrice Vance arrived in the Vista Medical Center Emergency Room in Lake County, Ill., complaining of nausea, shortness of breath and chest pains. A nurse saw her briefly and told her to wait.
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Dec 1, 2006 · The July 28 death of Beatrice Vance is viewed as a wakeup call on a number of fronts: Was there a violation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), brought on by inadequate triage and/or failure to reassess her condition during such a lengthy wait?
Sep 15, 2006 · Beatrice Vance was pronounced dead at 2 a.m. An autopsy showed she died of a heart attack caused by blockage of an artery in her heart. Citing guidelines published by the American Heart...
Sep 17, 2006 · At Waukegan, IL's Vista Medical Center, 49-year-old Beatrice Vance died of a heart attack, after waiting two hours in the center's emergency room. Vance had been seen briefly by a triage nurse...
Mar 8, 2024 · Nov 4, 2006. 0. CHICAGO - Beatrice Vance died of a heart attack. The coroner says waiting in the emergency room helped kill her. The 49-year-old woman's chest was tight with pain when she walked...
Sep 15, 2006 · A coroner's jury has declared the death of a heart attack victim who spent almost two hours in a hospital waiting room to be a homicide. Beatrice Vance, 49, died of a heart attack, but the jury...