This (b)(6) male was undergoing cwh therapy when the patient's ecmo pump stopped due to detecting an air bubble in the circuit.The patient became asystolic, cpr was initiated, and return of spontaneous circulation was achieved after one minute of chest compressions.Upon inspection of the ecmo circuit, it was noted the filter retained air bubbles that had to be evacuated, and the ecmo pump had to be restarted.The nursing team was able to reproduce this issue on four other sets from the same lot.Reference medsun # (b)(4).
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