FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AIRLIFE NCPAP

MDR report key: 2082624 · Received April 28, 2011

Report

Report Number
2082624
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
April 28, 2011
Date of Event
April 9, 2011
Report Date
April 28, 2011
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION
Product Code
BZD
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
FL, US

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

FISHER PAYKEL HUMIDIFIER CHAMBER WAS OVERFILLED BY RESPIRATORY THERAPIST (RT). WATER FROM CHAMBER WENT INTO THE PATIENT CIRCUIT AND TO THE PATIENT. PT HAD A BRADYCARDIC EPISODE AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE TO TACTILE STIMULATION. ADMINISTERED POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION (PPV) VIA NEO PUFF (AMBU BAG) AND PT RESPONDED TO PPV VIA AMBU BAG AND MASK. CIRCUIT WAS DRAINED AND HUMIDIFIER CHAMBER WAS DRAINED TO SAFE LEVEL. PT WAS PLACED BACK ON NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE (CPAP). FRACTION OF INSPIRED OXYGEN (FIO2) DECREASED TO PRIOR LEVEL. COINCIDING WITH THIS, PLEURAL FLUID DRAINED VIA IN-PLACE IV CATHETER (32 CC).

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AIRLIFE NCPAP VENTILATOR, HUMIDIFIER BZD CAREFUSION 006900 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 2 MO