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Minnie Pearson was admitted to Carrington Place<\/a> of St. Charles, a nursing home, after she suffered a stroke. She was in her mid to late 70s when she was admitted. About a month after her admission, a nursing aide, Heather Clark, administered another patient\u2019s hydralazine<\/a> medicine to Pearson and Pearson became unresponsive and hypotensive.<\/p>\n

The nursing home staff tried resuscitation and then called 911. However, Pearson died several months later. She was survived by her four adult children. Hydralazine is known as a vasodilator that works by relaxing the muscles in the patient\u2019s blood vessels to help dilate or widen them. Administration of this drug lowers blood pressure and allows the blood to flow more freely through the patient\u2019s veins and arteries. Hydralazine is used to treat high blood pressure or hypertension.<\/p>\n

Pearson did not need this medication.<\/p>\n

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Minnie Pearson was admitted to Carrington Place of St. Charles, a nursing home, after she suffered a stroke. She was in her mid to late 70s when she was admitted. About a month after her admission, a nursing aide, Heather Clark, administered another patient\u2019s hydralazine medicine to Pearson and Pearson became unresponsive and hypotensive. 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