FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

FRESENIUS 2008 K

MDR report key: 2479436 · Received December 8, 2008

Report

Report Number
2479436
Event Type
Other
Date Received
December 8, 2008
Date of Event
November 21, 2008
Report Date
December 1, 2008
Manufacturer
FRESENIUS MEDICAL SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, FRESENIUS USA, INC.
Product Code
FII
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
TX, US
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

APPROXIMATELY 1420 PM, CHARGE NURSE SUMMONED TO PATIENT'S MACHINE BY PCT, BLOOD NOTED ON THE FLOOR, ARTERIAL LINE HANGING DOWN WITH PUMP SEGMENT OUT FROM AROUND BLOOD PUMP, BLOOD LEAKING FROM ARTERIAL LINE JUST POST OF THE BLOOD PUMP SEGMENT ON LINE, PCT HAD TURNED PUMP OFF, THE ARTERIAL LINE GUIDE WAS BROKE OFF. ARTERIAL BLOOD RETURNED, UNABLE TO RETURN VENOUS. H AND H DRAWN, EXTRA 250CC SALINE GIVEN. PATIENT WITHOUT COMPLIANT OF CHEST PAIN. NO SHORTNESS OF BREATH BP 103/59, TX DC'D, DOCTOR (B)(6) NOTIFIED. HCT 34.23 HGB = 11.2. HAD PATIENT REMAINED IN THE UNIT FOR OBSERVATION 30-45 MINUTES. PATIENT REASSESSED SITTING B/P 104/54 STANDING BP 114/62. PATIENT DISCHARGED FROM UNIT AMBULATORY WITH NO COMPLAINTS. PATIENT WAS INSTRUCTED SHOULD ANY SYMPTOMS OF CHEST PAIN SHORTNESS OF BREATH TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, PATIENT VOICED UNDERSTANDING.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 FRESENIUS 2008 K HEMODIALYSIS MACHINE FII FRESENIUS MEDICAL SERVICES NORTH AMERICA, FRESENIUS USA, INC. 2008K NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 52 YR Other