Cardiac surgeon used the internal defib paddles during our case to get our patient back into a perfusing rhythm.Paddles were put away.Patient was bleeding and we used suction in the pericardium.While sucking out the pericardium, the cardiac surgeon pulled out from behind the heart what looked like a piece of sharp plastic.After further investigation, we matched that sharp piece to part of our internal defib paddles.Piece handed off the field, a "repair" tag was placed on the paddles and taken out of service.
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