FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

LARYNG-O-JET KIT 4%

MDR report key: 2140529 · Received June 21, 2011

Report

Report Number
MW5021101
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
June 21, 2011
Date of Event
June 16, 2011
Report Date
June 21, 2011
Manufacturer
INTERNATIONAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS, LIMITED
Product Code
FMF
Adverse Event
Yes
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Voluntary report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

DURING E.T. INTUBATION FOR ELECTIVE SURGERY, THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST WAS ADVANCING THE LIDOCAINE TOPICAL INFUSION DEVICE (LTA) THROUGH THE ET TUBE, AND THE PLASTIC TIP BROKE OFF IN THE PT'S TRACHEA. UNABLE TO VISUALIZE IT WITH DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPY, A PULMONOLOGIST WAS EMERGENTLY CONTACTED AND ARRIVED TO PERFORM A BRONCHOSCOPY TO REMOVE THE BROKEN TIP, WHICH WAS IN HER RIGHT MAINSTEM BRONCHUS. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC TIP.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 LARYNG-O-JET KIT 4% FMF INTERNATIONAL MEDICATION SYSTEMS, LIMITED DJ068B1

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Life Threatening