FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

REVIVER AED

MDR report key: 2579897 · Received May 15, 2012

Report

Report Number
3003521780-2012-00002
Event Type
Death
Date Received
May 15, 2012
Date of Event
February 12, 2012
Report Date
April 16, 2012
Manufacturer
DEFIBTECH, LLC
Product Code
MKJ
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
ID, US
Reporter Occupation
NOT APPLICABLE

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

THE ELECTRONIC HISTORY FILE FROM THE ACTUAL DEVICE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WAS EVALUATED. THE ACTUAL DEVICE WAS NOT RETURNED. REVIEW OF THE ECG RECORD DEMONSTRATES THAT THE VICTIM WAS IN A SHOCKABLE RHYTHM. THE AED CORRECTLY ADVISED AND DELIVERED A SHOCK, WHICH CONVERTED THE RHYTHM TO NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM. THE VICTIM THEN RE-FIBRILLATED. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE AED DID NOT RECOMMEND A SHOCK DUE TO THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE ECG WAVEFORM, WHICH DID NOT CONSISTENTLY SATISFY THE CRITERIA FOR DEFIBRILLATION.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ON (B)(6) 2012, IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN AED WAS USED DURING A RESCUE ATTEMPT AND THAT A SHOCK WAS RECOMMENDED AND DELIVERED AFTER THE FIRST ANALYSIS PERIOD. THERE WERE TWO SUBSEQUENT ANALYSIS PERIODS WHERE THE DEVICE DID NOT ADVISE A SHOCK. THE PT WAS NOT RESUSCITATED.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 REVIVER AED SEMI-AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR MKJ DEFIBTECH, LLC DDU-100 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 Death