FDA Adverse Event Injury Summary report: N

M-1 COT - BASE HIGH LOAD 28

MDR report key: 4243535 · Received November 11, 2014

Report

Report Number
0001831750-2014-03334
Event Type
Injury
Date Received
November 11, 2014
Date of Event
November 3, 2014
Report Date
November 4, 2014
Manufacturer
STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO
Product Code
FPO
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NL
Reporter Occupation
OTHER

Narratives

Additional Manufacturer Narrative · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE DEVICE DID NOT MALFUNCTION AND THE EVENT WAS CAUSED BY THE USER.

Description of Event or Problem · 1

IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN EMT WAS INJURED WHILE UNLOADING A COT FROM THE AMBULANCE. THE INCIDENT WAS CAUSED DUE TO A POLICE OFFICER THAT WAS ASSISTING THE EMT UNLOAD THE COT FROM THE AMBULANCE. THE POLICE OFFICER PULLED OUT THE COT FROM THE AMBULANCE AT THE SAME TIME THAT THE THE PARAMEDIC WAS HOLDING THE COT CAUSING THE PARAMEDIC TO HAVE THEIR HAND BECOME STUCK IN THE COT FRAME. THE COT THAT WAS INVOLVED WAS DETERMINED TO NOT HAVE MALFUNCTIONED, HOWEVER THE EMT REQUIRED MEDICAL INTERVENTION DUE TO THE INJURY THAT WAS CAUSED DURING THIS EVENT.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
727383 M-1 COT - BASE HIGH LOAD 28 STRETCHER, WHEELED FPO STRYKER MEDICAL-KALAMAZOO

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1