FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

BED-EX

MDR report key: 224748 · Received May 20, 1999

Report

Report Number
224748
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 20, 1999
Date of Event
May 10, 1999
Report Date
May 20, 1999
Manufacturer
BED-EX
Product Code
KMI
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

PT GOT OUT OF BED DESPITE INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO. BED-EX DID NOT ALARM AT ALL OR DID NOT ALARM FOR PROLONGED TIME. ROOMMATE CALLED TO SAY PT HAD FALLEN. PT FOUND ON FLOOR, BLEEDING FROM CUT ON HEAD AND NON RESPONSIVE. CODE CALLED. UNABLE TO RESUSCITATE PT. IT IS POSSIBLE PT HAD LIFE THREATENING ARRHYTHMIA WHICH CAUSED THE FALL AND DEATH. NO AUTOPSY WAS DONE.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 BED-EX BED OCCUPANCY DEVICE KMI BED-EX * *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 85 YR Death TELEMETRY MONITOR.