Intra aortic balloon pump (iabp) ruptured.Alarm on iabp kept going off.Nurse assessed the patient and the iabp, and during the assessment she noted blood in the helium tubing.Per procedure note at 13:21: "called to bedside per nurse as there was concern iabp ruptured to remove.Patient was hemodynamically stable with blood pressure 92/56 and act 188 after heparin was discontinued.The iabp was placed on standby and balloon was pulled all the way out to the sheath and then they were both removed together.Blood was allowed to flow from the arterial puncture site for a few seconds to remove any thrombi.Manual pressure was applied for about 40 minutes with hemostasis obtained.Distal pulses where palpated after femostop placed.10 minutes after iabp was removed, patient remained stable with a normal blood pressure and heart rate at same dose of levophed.Estimated blood loss: 10-20 cc.Complications: none.Conclusion: patient tolerated the procedure well.Continue icu monitoring for 24 hours with assessment of groin and distal pulses in right leg." this device in line for repair from (b)(4)/maquet service tech, which can take up to two weeks.Getinge service tech tested, all tests are within normal operating parameters, device returned to service.
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