FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

SOLID GEL MFE, ADULT

MDR report key: 222218 · Received May 5, 1999

Report

Report Number
1220908-1999-00357
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 5, 1999
Report Date
April 15, 1999
Manufacturer
ZOLL MEDICAL CORP.
Product Code
MLN
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
IA, US
Reporter Occupation
PHYSICIAN

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

COMPLAINANT ALLEGED THAT DURING THE EMERGENCY ROOM PHYSICIAN'S ATTEMPT TO PACE A PT (AGE AND GENDER UNKNOWN) WHO WAS IN A CODE SITUATION. THE MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRODES DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DELIVERING THE PACING PULSES TO THE PT. ALTHOUGH THE ZOLL PD1400 DEFIBRILLATOR (SERIAL NUMBER UNKNOWN) WAS SHOWING PACER MARKS ON THE SCREEN, THE PT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE RECEIVING THE PACING PULSES, AS THERE WAS NO HEART RATE CAPTURE AND THE PT DID NOT EXHIBIT ANY CHEST WALL OR THORACIC ACTIVITY. THE COMPLAINANT INDICATED THAT THE PT SUBSEQUENTLY EXPIRED. PLEASE REFERENCE MEDWATCH NUMBERS 1220908-1999-00342 AND 1220908-1999-00358, WHICH DOCUMENT TWO DIFFERENT AND SUBSEQUENT EVENTS THAT OCCURRED WITH ELECTRODES FROM THE SAME MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRODE LOT NUMBER OF 5198, BUT THAT WERE BEING USED ON DIFFERENT PTS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SOLID GEL MFE, ADULT Implant DEFIB/PACING ELECTRODE MLN ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. 89004000 5198

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Death