It was reported through our event reporting system that the flexicare heater chamber overfilled and infiltrated the patient circuit of a patient on phillips v60.
It is further reported that the patient potentially aspirated water contents that reached the mask and became dusky/hypoxic with o2 levels in the 50s even with supplemental oxygen via non-rebreather mask.
A rapid response was called, and the patient was intubated due to respiratory failure.
Patient was transferred from medical floor to icu based on this event.
Fda safety report id# (b)(4).
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