BEUDAMED
    FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

    RUGGED MX-PRO AMBULANCE COT

    MDR report key: 559375 · Received December 10, 2004

    Report

    Report Number
    1831750-2004-00028
    Event Type
    Other
    Date Received
    December 10, 2004
    Date of Event
    November 10, 2004
    Report Date
    November 11, 2004
    Manufacturer
    STRYKER MEDICAL
    Product Code
    FPO
    Adverse Event
    Yes
    Report Source
    Manufacturer report
    Reporter Location
    NV, US
    Reporter Occupation
    RISK MANAGER

    Narratives

    Description of Event or Problem · 1

    REPORTEDLY, THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS ARRIVED AT THE TRAUMA CENTER WITH A STABBING VICTIM AND WERE IN A HURRY TO UNLOAD THE COT AND DID NOT CONFIRM THAT THE SAFETY HOOK WAS ALIGNED WITH THE SAFETY BAR ON THE COT. ONE OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHS WAS STANDING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF GURNEY INSTEAD OF THE RIGHT. IT WAS REPORTED THAT AS THE COT WAS REMOVED FROM THE AMBULANCE THE SAFETY BAR ALLEGEDLY MISSED THE HOOK AND THE COT FELL. ALLEGEDLY WHEN THE COT BEGAN TO FALL THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN GOT THEIR FOREARM IN THE MECHANISM AND SUSTAINED A LARGE HEMATOMA AND A TWISTED KNEE TRYING TO PREVENT THE COT FROM GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN HAS BEEN ON LIGHT DUTY SINCE THE ALLEGED INCIDENT AND IS CURRENTLY UNDER THE CARE OF A CHIROPRACTOR. THE PT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY ADDITIONAL INJURY. THE CUSTOMER INDICATED THAT THIS WAS A CASE OF USER ERROR AND HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR THE STAFF.

    Devices

    Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
    1 RUGGED MX-PRO AMBULANCE COT AMBULANCE COT FPO STRYKER MEDICAL 6080000000 NA

    Patients

    Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
    1 UNKNOWN Required Intervention