    ACCORDING TO INITIAL POLICE INVESTIGATION,  THE DECEASED  WHO HAS A HISTORY OF ASTHMA, WAS EMPLOYED AS A REGISTERED NURSE FOR DADE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.  ON NOVEMBER 1, 1996, WHILE AT WORK, SHE DEVELOPED RESPIRATORY ARREST AND COLLAPSED.  FIRE RESCUE WAS CALLED AND UPON ARRIVAL, FOUND HER UNRESPONSIVE AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING ASYSTOLE.  EMERGENCY TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED AND SHE WAS TRANSPORTED TO SMH HOMESTEAD HOSPITAL.
    UPON ARRIVAL AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE REMAINED UNRESPONSIVE,  AND IN CARDIAC ARREST WITH EKG MONITOR SHOWING VENTRICULAR TACHY AND PROLONGED RESUSCITATION.  WHILE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, SHE EXPERIENCED A SECOND CARDIAC ARREST WITH PROLONGED RESUCITATION.  TREATMENT WAS ADMINISTERED, WHICH REVEALED METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS.  ADVANCE CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT WAS ADMINISTERED, HOWEVER, SHE EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT FREQUENT EPISODES OF BRADYCARDIA AND HYPOTENSION.  ON 
NOVEMBER 2, 1996, SHORTLY BEFORE 6:00A.M., SHE WENT INTO FULL CARDIAC ARREST.   RESUCITATION EFFORTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND AT 6:05A.M., SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.







                                                     REFILED     11/15/96      GDS.