Hazard
5 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.
Of the 5 cardiac arrest recalls we have scored against our rubric, 1 (20%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 4 (80%) are Severe.
Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all cardiac arrest recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.
A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.
Medtronic Azure S DR MRI SureScan pacemakers may experience sudden battery power failure without warning, potentially interrupting therapy and leading to cardiac arrest or hospitalization. Affected devices are being recalled internationally.
Olympus recalls the UHI-4 High-Flow Insufflation Unit used in laparoscopic surgery after reports of patients experiencing cardiac arrhythmias and short cardiac arrests during procedures. Incidents may result from over insufflation of the abdominal cavity.
Synapse Biomedical is recalling the NeuRx Diaphragm Pacing System External Pulse Generator due to a circuit board defect causing performance degradation, potentially leading to cardiac complications, breathing failure, or device shutdown.
The Puritan Bennett 980 Series Ventilator may fail to sound its audible alarm or display its visual alarm during critical alarm states, potentially delaying treatment response.
Medtronic is recalling 951 Compia MRI CRT-Ds because a defect may prevent the delivery of high and low voltage therapy.