FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

LTV

MDR report key: 2946196 · Received January 3, 2013

Report

Report Number
2031702-2013-00330
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
January 3, 2013
Report Date
January 3, 2013
Manufacturer
CAREFUSION 203, INC.
Product Code
CBK
PMA / PMN Number
K051767
Removal / Correction Number
NA
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
PARAMEDIC

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

NA

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THE PARAMEDIC REPORTED THAT THE PATIENT WAS COMATOSE FOR TRANSPORT. THE VENTILATOR SOUNDED AS THOUGH IT WAS NOT DELIVERING ANY AIR TO THE PATIENT. BY THE TIME THE PARAMEDIC PREPARED THE MANUAL VENTILATION BAG, THE VENTILATOR WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND THE PATIENT REMAINED ON THE VENTILATOR THROUGHOUT THE TRANSPORT. NO PATIENT HARM REPORTED AND THERE WERE NO VENTILATOR ALARMS ACTIVATED AT ANY TIME. THE PATIENT'S OXYGEN SATURATION REMAINED ABOVE 90% THROUGHOUT THE TRANSPORT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
4141 LTV VENTILATOR, CONTINUOUS/ CBK CBK CAREFUSION 203, INC. LTV 1000 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 NI