It was reported during intra-aortic balloon (iab) therapy, there was an ¿iab fill delay¿ while multiple attempts were made to refill the balloon with helium.
While ccru personnel were conducting therapy on the patient, the cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) unit kept going into standby.
The unit was swapped for another and clinicians continued therapy.
It was reported that the patient experienced chest pain during the swap out.
The patient was transferred from ccru to ccu.
No further patient harm was reported.
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