FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

PROPAQ CS 244

MDR report key: 2192595 · Received July 1, 2011

Report

Report Number
3023750-2011-00064
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
July 1, 2011
Date of Event
June 1, 2011
Report Date
June 1, 2011
Manufacturer
WELCH ALLYN PROTOCOL, INC.
Product Code
DRT
PMA / PMN Number
K012451
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
CO, US
Reporter Occupation
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE CLINICIAN STATED A PT WAS BEING MONITORED WITH A PROPAQ CS MONITOR. THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER STATED THAT THE PROPAQ HAD BEEN MONITORING THE PT AND ALARMED APPROPRIATELY PRIOR TO PT DEFIBRILLATION. THE NURSES WERE ALERTED TO THE HEART RATE ALARM. MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS RENDERED AND THE PT WAS DEFIBRILLATED. ACCORDING TO THE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER AT THE HOSPITAL, AFTER DEFIBRILLATION THE PROPAQ CS MONITOR DISPLAYED AN ERROR MESSAGE AND SHUT DOWN. POST DEFIBRILLATION, THE CLINICIAN STATED VITAL SIGNS DATA FROM THE PROPAQ WAS LOST. THE CLINICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED/ADMITTED TO THE ACUITY CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM; THEREFORE, THE PT'S VITAL SIGNS DATA WAS LOST WHEN THE DEVICE SHUT DOWN. THE PT EXPIRED, HOWEVER, THE PROPAQ CS MONITOR AND THE ACUITY CENTRAL MONITORING SYSTEM DID NOT CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO THE PT'S OUTCOME.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 PROPAQ CS 244 DRT WELCH ALLYN PROTOCOL, INC. PROPAQ 244 CS

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1