DME COMPANY BECKER ORTHOPEDICS

Description of Event or Problem

THIS PATIENT CAME TO THE ED WITH GANGRENE AND UNDERWENT AN EMERGENT BKA (BELOW KNEE AMPUTATION). PATIENT WAS QUITE ILL AND HAD NUMEROUS COMORBIDITIES.THE PATIENT HAD A BKA AND A STUMP SHRINKER IN PLACE THAT MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO NECROSIS AND HARM. THIS RESULTED IN ADVANCEMENT TO AN AKA (ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION). MD SUGGESTION TO PREVENT ANY POTENTIAL PROBLEMS: MANUFACTURER SHOULD UPDATE THEIR PROCESSES TO INCLUDE CONSULTING WITH A PATIENT'S RN WHEN THEY PLACE AN ORTHOTIC SHRINKER ON A PATIENT.