Patient dropped both his heart rate and spo2, and was in need of ppv (positive pressure ventilation).Upon trying to remove the ventilator circuit from the ett, the injector attachment (green tube) of the lifeport adapter broke off causing a major loss of pressure in the circuit.The circuit then was stuck on the ett (endotracheal tube) adapter and had to be pried off with hemostats.The patient's vital signs were affected negatively by this equipment malfunction.This event actually occurred on [date redacted] @ 8:17 pm, clinical engineering received a work order# that day, for this lifeport adapter for bunnell jet, department did not mark it in the system as an incident.Clinical engineering sent this device to the manufacturer for evaluation and repair and the two patient boxes.
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