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| | No. 1-02-1009, Clayton, v. County of Cook |
 | | Cork was unable to breathe on her own, was unresponsive and had ligature marks on her neck. |
 | | Cork first was transported by ambulance to St. Francis Hospital (St. Francis) in Evanston, where she was intubated, which required the placement of a tube through her nose and back of her throat into the windpipe, or trachea, for attachment to a mechanical ventilator to assist in breathing. |
 | | Cook County delayed the establishment of her airway and, once the decision had been made to place an endotracheal tube, it was done without supervision, in the wrong place, by people who were inexperienced. |
| www.state.il.us /court/Opinions/AppellateCourt/2004/1stDistrict/February/Html/1021009.htm (6856 words) |
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