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PRYTIME IS FILING THIS REPORT IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF AN INTRODUCER SHEATH, WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO A THROMBUS FORMATION REQUIRING A THROMBECTOMY. THE INTRODUCER SHEATH IS MANUFACTURED AND LABELED BY OEM AND INCLUDED IN PRYTIME'S CONVENIENCE KIT. THERE WAS NO REPORTED OR ALLEGED FAILURE OF THE KIT COMPONENTS, THE KIT, OR LABELING. A 400-500LB PATIENT WAS HIT BY A CAR WHILE STANDING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE PATIENT RECEIVED ONGOING CPR FOR 20 MINUTES AND ROSC WAS ACHIEVED. THE PATIENT WAS HYPOTENSIVE AND RECEIVED 2 UNITS OF BLOOD. AN XRAY WAS PERFORMED AND REVEALED AN OPEN BOOK PELVIS; A PELVIC BINDER WAS PLACED. AN INTRODUCER SHEATH WAS PLACED IN THE PROFUNDA, NOT THE CFA. THE INTRODUCER SHEATH WAS REMOVED AFTER APPROXIMATELY 8 HOURS. POST SHEATH REMOVAL, A THROMBUS WAS IDENTIFIED DISTAL TO THE INTRODUCER SHEATH SITE REQUIRING A THROMBECTOMY. THE PRESENCE OF THE INTRODUCER SHEATH WITHIN THE SMALL ARTERY (PROFUNDA) FOR AT LEAST 8 HOURS COULD NOT BE RULED OUT AS A POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR IN THE THROMBUS FORMATION.