Patient Problem
No Known Impact Or Consequence To Patient (2692)
Event Date 02/29/2020
Event Type
Malfunction
Event Description
Was attempting to do a stat ecg.
Placed stickers on patient, attached leads to stickers as appropriate.
The ecg machine did not show valid tracings on the screen.
Narrow tracings appeared to flicker and were very unusual.
Obtained another ecg machine from main hospital to perform the required ecg.