FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LIFEPAK

MDR report key: 10886 · Received January 10, 1994

Report

Report Number
MW1000333
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 10, 1994
Date of Event
December 17, 1993
Report Date
December 22, 1993
Manufacturer
PHYSIO-CONTROL
Product Code
LDD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

CRITICAL PT'S CONDITION DETERIORATED AND HE ARRESTED. RESUSCITATION WAS ATTEMPTED, AND DEFIBRILLATION WAS ATTEMPTED. DEVICE FAILED TO CHARGE UP AND COULD NOT BE USED TO DEFIBRILLATE PT. A REPLACEMENT DEFIBRILLATOR WAS BROUGHT WITHIN 4 MINUTES. PT DID EXPIRE, BUT INVESTIGATION LED RPTR TO CONCLUDE THAT PT WOULD HAVE DIED REGARDLESS OF THE MALFUNCTION.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LIFEPAK LDD PHYSIO-CONTROL LIFEPAK 6

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 65 *