BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

    HILL-ROM

    MDR report key: 381309 · Received March 8, 2002

    Report

    Report Number
    MW1024312
    Event Type
    Death
    Date Received
    March 8, 2002
    Date of Event
    March 3, 2002
    Report Date
    March 7, 2002
    Manufacturer
    HILL-ROM, INC.
    Product Code
    FNL
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Voluntary report
    Reporter Location
    NY, US
    Reporter Occupation
    RISK MANAGER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    PT WAS ADMITTED WITH RHABDOMYOLYSIS AND A HISTORY OF SEIZURE DISORDER, PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA, HYPERTENSION, DIABETES MELLITUS AND HYPOTHYROIDISM. TWO DAYS LATER PT'S HEAD AND NECK BECAME ENTRAPPED BETWEEN THE BARS OF THE TOP SIDERAIL OF THE BED. PT'S HEAD COULD NOT BE EXTRACTED. PT SUBSEQUENTLY SUSTAINED CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST AT WHICH TIME THEIR HEAD WAS EXTRACTED FROM BETWEEN THE SIDERAILS. DESPITE ACLS, PT EXPIRED.

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    MADE SEVERAL TRIPS TO INSPECT BED TO SEE IF SIDERAILS WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY, BUT EACH TIME, ACCOUNT SAID BED WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 HILL-ROM ELECTRICAL HOSPITAL BED FNL HILL-ROM, INC. CENTRA MODEL # 850 N/I

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 41 YR Death