Category Archives: Birth Trauma
Birth Trauma Attorneys Can Help Victims of Vacuum Extraction Injuries
Using a vacuum tool during delivery is a very risky decision for doctors to make. Two Pennsylvania parents say that doctors made a series of mistakes – including using a vacuum – during their child’s birth that led to his death. Mark and Cheryl Baiocchi filed a wrongful death lawsuit against St. Mary Medical Center, Dr. Traci Cook, the Women’s Specialists of Bucks County and Catholic Health East for medical negligence. Approximately 12 hours after arriving at the hospital, Dr. Cook used a Kiwi vacuum extraction device to remove the child during labor. The doctor used the device multiple times even though it was not necessary, according to the lawsuit. The vacuum raised the child’s heart rate, causing heart tone tachychardia. The child’s shoulder became stuck, causing shoulder dystocia. When he was born, he was “cyanotic, pulseless, apneic and floppy.” Doctors transferred him to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Doctors…
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Trial Program Shows Potential to Reduce Birth Traumas
Recently, 14 hospitals joined together to enact safety procedures that could reduce birth trauma brought on by hospital mistakes. The early results are extremely promising, according to Susan DeVore, president and CEO of Premier Inc. Premier Inc. is a “performance improvement alliance” that coordinated the effort through its Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative. “What we see from the data is that there has been a 25 percent reduction in birth hypoxia and asphyxia, which can cause infant brain damage, a 22 percent reduction in neonatal birth trauma and for just these 14 hospital over just this short period of time, there have been 30 fewer babies that have experienced these harms,” DeVore said. Premier provided hospitals with a very thorough list of criteria for physicians to follow. One of the “bundles” established by Premier involved the use of oxytocin. Oxytocin is a drug used to slow labor, and it can lead…
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Parents File $80 Million Suit Against United States for Baby Brain Injury
Andrea and William Dorsheimer’s son was born in the USA Naval Hospital in Florida with severe brain damage. They recently filed a lawsuit blaming the hospital’s negligence for their baby’s injuries; they seek $80 million in damages. Andrea’s doctors decided to administer Pitocin, a drug intended to speed up delivery. We have blogged about Pitocin dangers before. Sometimes it speeds up contractions to the point where it restricts the flow of oxygen to the baby’s brain, which is what appeared to happen here. Two hours after giving Andrea the Pitocin dose, her child showed “non-reassuring signs” of fetal distress that continued for four hours. Causes and Consequences of Baby Bain Injuries Eventually, the doctors ordered an emergency C-section. When they removed the child, they saw that he had no heartbeat, no signs of breathing and poor coloring. The umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck. Doctors resuscitated the child. A…
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