From a complaint filed in July against Heritage Park Care Center, a nursing home in Carbondale, Colorado, by Michelle Meeker, a former nurse at the facility. The case is ongoing.

On October 16, 2013, Ms. Meeker arrived at HPCC at 6:00 a.m. for her twelve-hour shift. She was already feeling overwhelmed when, around 1:00 p.m., one of the residents began experiencing respiratory distress. Meeker could not find the suction equipment needed to assist the resident and sought help from her supervisor, Director of Nursing Melanie Holmes. After locating the equipment, Holmes told…