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This report is based on information provided by a philips remote service engineer (rse) and will be investigated by the philips complaint handling team.Philips received a complaint concerning a tempus pro device.It was reported that, upon startup, a screen appeared prompting the user to select ¿abort turn off,¿ after which the device automatically powered off.As a result, a 12-lead ecg could not be obtained for a patient experiencing chest pain until a double-crewed ambulance (dca) arrived with a lifepak 15 (lp15) monitor/defibrillator.The tempus pro monitor was subsequently removed from service.The patient was transferred to another device, and alternative monitoring was implemented.No injury or adverse outcome was reported in association with this event.
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