Customer stated verbally via telephone "in an emergency, the childs heart rate was dropping they weren't receiving enough oxygen.They went to disconnect and the part broke off at the swivel." additional details received via email: ¿infant desaturated and became bradycardic, requiring ambu breaths.When i attempted to disconnect neolink device from ett to apply ambu bag, the top of the device detached from the base.The base remained lodged on the blue hub of the ett, making it impossible to attach and ambu bag to provide breaths.It was several seconds before i was able to remove the base of the neolink from the ett and provide ambu breaths.¿ the patient is stable and does not seem to have complications related to the event.The neolink has been on this patients¿ ett for a long time, therefore i do not have the original package or lot number.I am concerned about 2 things: the fact that this device is difficult to remove from the endotracheal tube in an emergency when the patient requires manual ventilation.The fact that one of the devices separated when a nurse needed to remove it from the patient in an emergency.
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