Patient's son contacted dexcom on (b)(6) 2016, to report a patient death that occurred on (b)(6) 2015.Patient's wife called emergency medical technician's (emt).Patient was pronounced dead at the scene.Patient was not taken to the hospital.Patient was transported directly to the funeral home.Patient's son reported cause of death as cardiac arrest and reported another cause was listed as well, but he could not remember.Patient was not wearing dexcom continuous glucose monitor (cgm) at the time of death.Patient had just received the dexcom system and was waiting on a trainer to show him how to use it.No additional event or patient information is available.There was no alleged device malfunction.It should be noted that diabetes mellitus is a known cause of death.However, a conclusive root cause cannot be determined without a certificate of death.
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