The nurse attending to a Rock County Jail inmate who died of a heart ailment last August at first suspected he was suffering from indigestion and gave him antacid tablets.
The nurse, Kim Beede was later fired, however no jail personnel were disciplined.
According to investigate documents obtained by the Gazette, 38-year-old Dante T. Wilson of Beloit had complained of chest pains before seeing the nurse late August 17th.
Wilson took the antacids and was held for observation in the jail medical unit.
About 55 minutes after he first told jailers of his chest pains, he was found unconscious in his medical cell and never recovered, despite attention from the nurse and CPR administered by the jailers.
A review by Dane County investigators lists “concerns,” most prominently with the conduct of the nurse, but also jailers, and with Wilson himself.
Beede, a licensed practical nurse and former CPR instructor, had worked for Advance Correctional Healthcare since May 2013. The company is under contract to provide medical care for inmates at the jail and the nearby juvenile detention facility.
