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5890 FIXED JACKSON TABLE BASE

Received Jul 29, 2003

Report 2921578-2003-00002 · MDR key 476010

Device

Generic name

Operating Room Table

Model number

5890

Catalog number

5890

Lot number

*

Product problems

  • Fracture
  • Failure to Pump

Patient

25 YR

  • Unknown (for use when the patient's condition is not known)

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

PT PLACED IN A SUPINE POSITION ON THE FRACTURE TABLE, AND THEIR ARMS WERE BROUGHT ACROSS PT AND HELD IN PLACE BY A DRAW SHEET AND TWO SURGICAL CLIPS. THE PT'S LEFT FOOT WAS PLACED IN A LEG HOLDER, AND THEIR RIGHT FOOT WAS HAVING TRACTION APPLIED MANUALLY. A PHYSICIAN WAS IN ATTENDANCE ON THE PT'S RIGHT SIDE, A PELVIC HOLDER WAS IN PLACE BETWEEN PT'S LEGS FOR POSITIONING WHEN THE BOTTOM PIECE OF THE FRACTURE TABLE WAS REMOVED. WITH ELEVATION OF THE BED, THE PT WAS PULLED TO THE RIGHT SIDE, SLID AND SUBSEQUENTLY FELL AGAINST THE PT.