FDA Adverse Event Other Summary report: N

SENSATEC

MDR report key: 672276 · Received February 1, 2006

Report

Report Number
2134311-2006-00002
Event Type
Other
Date Received
February 1, 2006
Date of Event
December 31, 2005
Report Date
January 20, 2006
Manufacturer
R.F. TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Product Code
KMI
Adverse Event
Yes
Report Source
Manufacturer report
Reporter Location
NY, US
Reporter Occupation
NURSE

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

THAT PATIENT WAS USING A CONTROLLER AND PAD. UNIT WAS ROUTINELY TESTED BY STAFF BEFORE PATIENT USE. PATIENT TRIED TO GET UP AND FELL. REPORT ALLEGED ALARM DID NOT SOUND. PATIENT HAD BEEN CALLING NURSES EVERY 3-4 MINUTES SO WHEN THEY HADN'T HEARD FROM HIM IN 11 MINUTES, THEY WENT TO CHECK AND FOUND HIM ON THE FLOOR. PATIENT WAS HYPOXIC (HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE THE FALL) UNRESPONSIVE AND CYANOTIC. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE ER, BUT REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE WAY THERE. FACILITY REPORTS HIS TRACH HAD BEEN DISPLAYED AND HIS G-TUBE HAD CAUSED SOME TRAUMA TO THE ABDOMINAL WALL. ACCORDING TO THE FACILITY THESE PROBLEMS WERE RESOLVED BY THE NEXT DAY.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 SENSATEC BED-CHAIR MONITOR KMI R.F. TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ST-320 UNK

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 79 YR Hospitalization