FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

HEALTHDYNE

MDR report key: 17023 · Received March 22, 1994

Report

Report Number
1024404-1994-00002
Event Type
Death
Date Received
March 22, 1994
Date of Event
February 26, 1994
Report Date
March 2, 1994
Manufacturer
HEALTHDYNE, INC.
Product Code
FLS
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Distributor report
Reporter Location
FL, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

BOTH PARENTS AND BABY WERE ASLEEP WHEN APNEA MONITOR ALARM FOR LOW HEART RATE SOUNDED. WHEN PARENTS CHECKED THE BABY WAS LIMP AND THE FATHER BEGAN CPR. THE BABY WAS TAKEN TO ONE HOSPITAL AND SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER WHERE DEATH WAS PRONOUNCED. PARENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT AN APNEA ALAAARM HAD NOT ALSO BEEN INDICATED. HOWEVER, THEY ARRIVED WITHIN TWENTY (20) SECONDS OF THE HEART RATE ALARM AND BEGAN CPR. THEREFORE THE APNEA ALARM HAD NOT YET BEEN ACTIVATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 HEALTHDYNE APNEA MONITOR FLS HEALTHDYNE, INC. 900SL

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 3 MO Death NONE KNOWN