FDA Adverse Event Death Summary report: N

DALE TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE HOLDER

MDR report key: 612570 · Received June 3, 2005

Report

Report Number
1214422-2005-00001
Event Type
Death
Date Received
June 3, 2005
Date of Event
April 1, 2005
Report Date
May 25, 2005
Manufacturer
DALE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
Product Code
CAE
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
DA
Reporter Occupation
INVALID DATA

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

A NEUROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT AT HOSPITAL INFORMED THE DEALER THAT THEY RECEIVED A REPORT OF AN INCIDENT, WHERE A PT ON PURPOSE OPENED THE VELCRO FASTENER TABS OF THE PURPOSE OPENED THE VELCRO FASTENER TABS OF THE DALE TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE HOLDER KEEPS THE TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE IN PLACE. BY THE HOLDER COMING UNDONE THE TUBE DECANNULATED, WHICH LED TO ASPHYXIA AND DEATH. THE REPORT ABENA RECEIVED FROM THE HOSP ALSO STATED THAT THERE HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN A MEDOCO-LEGAL INSPECTION OF THE BODY AFTER THE INCIDENT AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS GIVEN A STATEMENT TO MEDICAL OFFICES OF HEALTH SERVICES.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 DALE TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE HOLDER TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE HOLDER CAE DALE MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC. 240 NA

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 UNKNOWN Death