Okay there were things incredibly wrong with this situation - such as why they lied about doing cpr, why they thought an oxygen mask was a good idea when the patient wasn't breathing - BUT two things I want to query: firstly, rigor starts within 3 to 12 hours of death - why *would* they be doing cpr? (this also raises questions about the 999 call, as I'm sure you didn't take three hours to get there!) Second, I wonder if it's less likely that a patient would be resuscitated in a nursing home, given that the home deals with old people dying all the time? I mean in the respect that people are dying of old age (sorry, I'm not managing to word this very well!). I'm not defending these nurses' actions, there were clearly some very bad mistakes made, but we do seem very quick to condemn them