My friends husband had a breakdown. His nephew called and said the brother died!

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My friend just called from Ohio very upset. Her husband will be in the hospital for at least a week from having a nerves break down. His brother had put his son up to calling him as a vicious joke. He was crying and saying that his dad had died. My friend feel apart, as this is the only sibling he has. He just lost his dad about a year ago. He and his brother got real close after my friend came back from Iraq. When he came back from Iraq he was told before arriving state side that he had to go for mental help as he wasn't coping well. He never did this. He has had an auto accident that left him disabled, with health issues. His wife also my friend said that they doctors are going to say something or send someone out to his brothers house for the prank. I have no idea what they are going to do, who they are sending and such. His wife had to get him to the hospital as he is trained in handing rifles and other things, as you can imagine from his time in bootcamp and Iraq. She was told to get anything and everything out of the house, guns, knives, etc. That when he returns home he may be able to harm himself with. His wife is beside herself. She is so upset and has told the brother not to call or come around again. This is a very sad situation. If you were her what would you have done when the brother called up laughing and going on? When he found out what had happened he blamed my friend for what happened to his brother, not taking any blame for the trick he played on his brother. Who do you think they are sending out to his brothers house and what do you think they are going to do or can do to him and his son??? As my friend calls me for advice and just to talk all of the time. Really calling when she has a problem asking me what to do and how to handle this and that. I told her to tell them to limit the people that can call or go to see her husband. In other words to not allow the brother and family to see or have contact with him at the hospital. Also for her to follow the advice of the doctors and get everything out of the house that he can harm himself with. She is alone now and has time to let things eat away at her. Thanks for hearing me out and reading all of this and for your response.