Intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) arrhythmia alarm sounded with a message saying the catheter was kinked.When looking at the insertion site and following the tubing to find any source for the alarm, blood suddenly appeared in the helium/drive line.The rn immediately clamped the helium line and stat paged cardiology team.The balloon catheter was removed after attempts to manually remove any remaining helium from the balloon (confirming the balloon was deflated).The patient remains hemodynamically stable.The patient is sedated, with rass -3, so unable to accurately assess neurological status at this time.
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