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- Financial Support for Birth Injury Victims
Dec 16, 2022
Financial Assistance and Benefits if a Child has been Injured at Birth Childbirth injuries can be emotionally and financially catastrophic. A child injured at birth may have cerebral palsy, facial paralysis, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), seizures, or brachial plexus injuries that cause lifelong pain and struggle. Disorders resulting from birth injuries can make movement, balance, and posture difficult for growing children. They can affect a child’s hearing, vision, or nourishment and leave a child with...Read More - What is Vasa Previa?
Dec 2, 2022
New Jersey Vasa Previa Attorneys Of all the birth complications that can occur during delivery, vasa previa is a consequential condition with the potential to cause severe birth injuries and death of a baby. The condition can lead to extreme harm to a newborn, namely brain damage and stillbirth, among other severe complications and permanent conditions. As such, it is essential that doctors and healthcare providers proactively monitor mothers throughout pregnancy, diagnose vasa previa in...Read More - Emotional Impact of Birth Injuries on Mothers
Nov 11, 2022
How does Birth Trauma Affect the Mother? Mothers who experience traumatic births suffer various psychological, emotional, and physical injuries. For some, difficult labor, tears, perineal injury, cesarean birth, instrument-assisted births, and stillbirths can harm a mother’s body, mind, and heart. She may have long-lasting effects that need professional assistance to heal all aspects of her life, including her relationships with her child and others. The emotional toll on a traumatized mother can be life changing...Read More - Nurse Interruptions, Phone Calls, and Malpractice: The Connection
Oct 28, 2022
Pediatric Nurses Interrupted by Phone Calls have been Associated with a Rise in Medication Errors The cell phone is a double-edged sword, as anyone knows. A ringing phone or pinging text message while driving can splinter a driver’s attention and create a danger to others, but the roads are not the only dangerous settings for cell phone distractions. Distracted healthcare workers also get incoming calls and texts on the job. When that job is handling...Read More - Velamentous Cord Insertion and Related Malpractice Cases
Oct 7, 2022
A beautiful souvenir from birth is the belly button. It is a reminder that the mother-child connection is vital to life when the fetus receives nourishment through the umbilical cord. Optimally, the umbilical cord runs from the placenta’s center to the fetus’s belly, bringing nutrients to the fetus while sending waste out. However, problems arise when the cord does not attach properly. Improper placement or insertion of the umbilical cord can result in complications threatening...Read More - Breech Baby Delivery Complications
Sep 23, 2022
When a woman’s pregnancy nears term, her visits with her doctor typically increase. Both the physician and patient prepare for the upcoming birth, continuously checking on the health of the baby and the mother. In one of those checkups, a doctor may discover that the baby is in a breech position. A breech presentation often complicates the birth process and doctors have several options for managing this situation in a safe manner. All options require...Read More - Hypotonia in Infants: Signs, Causes and Medical Negligence
Sep 9, 2022
Perhaps you worried when your baby was having trouble feeding and hung limply in your arms. A physical examination may have revealed weak muscle tone throughout the baby’s body. The doctor explained that further testing was necessary for a diagnosis of suspected hypotonia. So what is hypotonia in infants? What are the signs and symptoms? What causes it? Are there treatments and therapies available? Can babies recover from hypotonia? What if medical negligence at, or...Read More - The Meaning and Implications if a Baby Doesn’t Cry at Birth
Jul 29, 2022
Do All Babies Cry at Birth? The first sign of life—and survival–is the sound of a newborn’s cry after birth. At least, that is what most believe is the anatomy of new life. And yet, not all newborns cry. A mother who does not hear her baby cry may worry that something is wrong, that the baby is not breathing or reacting appropriately to living outside of the womb. However, humans are complex beings, and...Read More - How Pharmacy Mistakes Injure Children
Jul 15, 2022
Pharmacists make mistakes, and just like doctors, nurses, hospitals, or other medical professionals, they are liable for medical malpractice when they hurt others due to their negligence. People are hurt by neglectful, careless, inattentive, insufficiently trained, hurried, or otherwise negligent pharmacists who fail to uphold their duty of care when dispensing prescription drugs. Sadly, the most vulnerable populations suffer harm to the greatest degree, including children. In all medical facilities, outpatient, inpatient, and emergency rooms,...Read More