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32 | During the investigation, staff interviews revealed that on April 25, 2020 around
12:50 p.m., R1 asked staff S1 to accompany R1 outside to smoke a cigarette. Interviews and documents gathered during the course of the investigation show that R1 had a history of smoking around this time of day. R1 had a Physician’s Report on file dated October 10, 2019 that specifically stated R1 requires supervision while smoking. Staff #1 (S1) told R1 to wait since all staff were occupied cleaning the dining room following lunch. R1 was provided a cigarette and a lighter and R1 proceeded to the smoking area without a staff present. In interview, staff stated that R1 regularly would go out to the patio alone but there was no expectation that R1 would try to light the cigarette and smoke without supervision. It remains unknown who provided R1 with a cigarette and a lighter, as no staff admitted to providing these items and no staff admitted knowledge of who may have provided them. R1 was interviewed by an LPA, however the LPA did not ask R1 who provided the cigarette or lighter. Around 1:10 p.m., Staff #2 (S2) heard banging on the door between the facility and the patio, S2 opened door for the R1, and found R1 with burned jeans and a burned leg. The facility immediately called 9-1-1 and R1 was taken to a general acute care hospital, where he was admitted on April 25, 2020. As staff was aware that R1 required supervision during smoking, provided R1 a cigarette and lighter, and left R1 without supervision, R1 was able to exit the building, light the cigarette, and as a result ignite a piece of clothing and sustained a burn.
On April 30, 2020, R1 underwent surgery at the hospital for treatment of third-degree burns of less than 10% of his body. R1 required skin grafts and on May 18, 2020, R1 was transferred to a Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility for rehabilitation following the procedure.
According to the Mayo Clinic, “a burn is tissue damage resulting from heat, overexposure to sun or radiation, chemical, or electrical contact. More specifically, a third-degree burn is a burn that reaches to the fat layer beneath the skin, may be black, brown, white, or leathery, and third-degree burns can destroy nerves, causing numbness.”
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