The single chamber drainage system was in use when it was knocked over.The rn elected to change out this device due to the water expanding into the other chambers in order to calculate output accurately.A dual chamber was selected from the stock room and attached to the pt, not realizing the secondary port was not capped and was left open to air.Approximately 10 minutes later the pt began experiencing worsening symptoms of his pre-existing subcutaneous emphysema, in which the medical team elected to proactively intubate the pt.The pt was then transferred to the icu.This is not a product malfunction, this is a user error.This is being reported in accordance with the fda regulations to report events that include user error.
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