FDA Adverse Event Malfunction Summary report: N

AESTIVA 3000

MDR report key: 940113 · Received October 9, 2007

Report

Report Number
940113
Event Type
Malfunction
Date Received
October 9, 2007
Date of Event
September 15, 2007
Report Date
October 5, 2007
Manufacturer
GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC
Product Code
BSZ
Product Problem
Yes
Report Source
User Facility report
Reporter Location
KY, US
Reporter Occupation
RISK MANAGER

Narratives

Description of Event or Problem · 1

ANESTHESIA MACHINE CHECKED PRIOR TO INDUCTION WITHOUT PROBLEMS. LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY (LMA) PLACED ON THE PATIENT AND CONNECTED TO THE CIRCUIT. UNABLE TO VENTILATE PATIENT. THE LMA WAS REMOVED AND MASK CONNECTED TO THE CIRCUIT USED TO ATTEMPT TO VENTILATE PATIENT. STILL UNABLE TO VENTILATE. ORAL ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE (OET) WAS PLACED AND STILL UNABLE TO VENTILATE PATIENT. MEDICATIONS GIVEN FOR LARYNGOSPASM (THESE WERE GIVEN JUST IN CASE; THERE WAS NO CLINICAL INDICATION) AND STILL UNABLE TO VENTILATE. OET REMOVED AND REPLACED. STILL UNABLE TO VENTILATE. PATIENT'S O2 SATURATIONS DROPPED TO 45-72%. OET CONNECTED TO MANUAL RESUSCITATOR AND ABLE TO VENTILATE WITHOUT DIFFICULTY; O2 SATS THEN RETURNED TO NORMAL. SURGERY CANCELLED AND PATIENT TAKEN TO PACU. PATIENT AWAKENED WITHOUT PROBLEMS.

Devices

Seq Brand Generic Product Code Manufacturer Model Lot UDI-DI
1 AESTIVA 3000 ANESTHESIA MACHINE, VENTILATOR BSZ GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, LLC AESTIVA 3000 *

Patients

Seq Age Sex Outcome Treatment
1 36 YR OTHER| OTHER