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DeathGYE

TELEMETRY MONITORING EQUIPMENT AND SOFTWARE

Received Mar 2, 2004 · Event occurred Dec 1, 2003

Report 513624 · MDR key 513624

Device

Generic name

Telemetry Monitoring Equipment

Model number

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Catalog number

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Lot number

*

Product problems

  • Alarm, failure of warning

Patient

61 YR

  • Bradycardia
  • Death

Narrative

Description of Event or Problem

THE PT WENT INTO BRADYCARDIA AND HEART RATE WAS LESS THAN 50, THE TELEMETRY BEEPER DID NOT ALERT THE RUN TO THE PT DISTRESS.