FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

SIEMENS MEDICAL

MDR report key: 1293904 · Received January 20, 2009

Report

Report Number
MW5009669
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
January 20, 2009
Date of Event
January 12, 2009
Report Date
January 20, 2009
Manufacturer
NIHON KOHDEN AMERICA INC
Product Code
MHX
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
LA, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A FEMALE CAME IN FOR GALL BLADDER SURGERY -- SURGERY UNEVENTFUL, BUT WHEN PT WAS IN RECOVERY ROOM AND BEGINNING TO WAKE UP, THE O2 MONITOR READ "ATTACH PROBE" ON SCREEN INSTEAD OF READING AN O2 SAT RATE. NURSE CHANGED TO ANOTHER PROBE AND PLACED ON PT'S EAR INSTEAD OF FINGER, SAME READING APPEARED. PT BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. MD DID JAW THRUST, GAVE MORE MEDS BUT PT HAD TO INTUBATED AGAIN. O2 SAT RATE THEN SHOWN ON MONITOR SCREEN. PT UNRESPONSIVE FOR 48 HOURS, BUT WOKE UP WHILE IN ICU. PT DISCHARGED IN 2009. 1 WEEK AFTER EVENT, HOSPITALIZATION WAS LONGER THAN EXPECTED AND THE MONITOR MAY HAVE MALFUNCTION TO PREVENT REGULARLY MONITORING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SIEMENS MEDICAL TELEVISON MONITOR MHX NIHON KOHDEN AMERICA INC BSM-2354A

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 29 YR Hospitalization