Birth Injury

Birth Injury Attorney:

An addition to the family is always exciting, but any bad news about the condition of the baby will bring pain and suffering.

As parents of an injured baby, you will definitely have a lot of questions about what might have gone wrong during labor or delivery. In times like these, you need expert legal advice on how to recover damages if malpractice played a role. Our lawyers are experienced in birth injury and will fight for you until you get the reimbursement you deserve.

Birth Injury Statistics:

Birth Injuries occur much more than we’d like. That is why birth trauma lawyers are becoming an important necessity. They know all the different types of birth injury and their corresponding cases.

Here are some of the more recent statistics regarding birth injuries:

• 6 to 8 of every 1000 are born with a birth injury in the United States.
• Approximately 28,000 are born with a birth injury every year – 2,333 per month, or 3 per hour.
• The 10 most common birth injuries are Erb’s palsy, bone fractures, Cephalo-hematoma, caput succedaneum, perinatal asphyxia, intracranial hemorrhage, Subconjunctival hemorrhage, facial paralysis, spinal cord injuries and cerebral palsy.
• Birth injuries are highest for mothers between the ages of 25 to 34 who have tool-assisted births.
• Birth traumas are lowest for mothers between the ages of 40 to 45.
• Rural birth traumas are 33% more prevalent than urban birth injuries.
• The Northeast U.S. has 24-32% more birth injuries than the West and South.

Statistics also indicate that more than 50% of the birth injuries could have been potentially avoided through smart identification and planning for obstetrical risk factors.

Causes of Birth Injuries:

Birth injuries happen for many reasons. There are some instances though when the injury is caused by natural circumstances that lead to oxygen deprivation during labor and delivery, such as compressed or twisted umbilical cords.

Medical practitioners may commit errors during the delivery process that cause birth injuries. These errors include failure to immediately respond to bleeding, C-section delays, failure to attend to a twisted umbilical cord, miscommunication between nurses and doctors, inappropriate use of vacuum extractors and forceps, and complications with genetic testing.

However, the most common causes of birth injuries are:

• Delayed birth – This is the leading cause of birth injury, since because the human brain is only designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure for a small amount of time. If labor lasts too long, for example, more than 18 hours, the compression on the brain becomes too much to withstand.
• Oxygen deprivation – Whether from external or internal forces, a lack of oxygen can lead to severe birth injuries. These can be mild or severe. The result in newborns is either short-term damage (in a good case) or permanent damage in the worst-case scenario.
• Medical malpractice – Doctors, nurses, hospital staff, emergency medical technicians, and midwives are all expected not to make mistakes. However, birth injuries can and do occur. Human errors are the biggest reason, whether that’s due to blatant misconduct or a miscomprehension of the situation.

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Prevention of Birth Injuries:

There are many ways to prevent unwanted birth injuries. Also, as we mentioned already, more than half of them can be avoided.

• Planning early in the pregnancy – Make sure your obstetrician is qualified, and seek prenatal care early. Also, take prenatal vitamins daily, eat healthy and consult with health providers.
• Preparation for the last stage – Hospital preregistration and the tracking of fetal movement.
• Taking notes and asking questions
• Fetal monitoring during labor and delivery

Following these guidelines will lower the chances of birth injury occurring to a minimum.

Aftermaths of Birth Injuries:

Some longer-term side effects related to brain injuries include temporary paralysis and fractured collar bones or arms. Other serious injuries include brachial plexus, shoulder dystocia and cerebral palsy.

Your child is bound to face a lifetime of special medical care, which will be very expensive. To ensure that he or she receives the necessary treatments, get in touch with our skilled lawyers who can thoroughly discuss birth injuries and your potential rights as parents of the injured child, such as negligence or malpractice suits.

Birth Injury Cases:

Parents of a child injured at birth are in a very complex situation. Not only do they have to take care of their newborn, who might have serious injuries. They also must also consider taking legal actions.

However, most parents are not knowledgeable about birth injury attorneys, the types of birth injury lawsuits and cases, and Florida’s birth injury law. They also don’t know what it means to bring a medical malpractice lawsuit – the steps, potential outcome, potential losses, etc.

All their time and energy go into dealing with their baby and its mild or severe problems. And in many cases, parents also are not sure who or what caused the birth injury. Because of the time and uncertainty involved, parents often don’t investigate their claims.

This is where our professional and experience lawyers come into play.

If you believe your child is a victim of medical malpractice, consult our Hallandale birth injury lawyers today. It is crucial to take legal action instantly so we can obtain and review all the pertinent medical records of your child. Once we have all the relevant data for the case, we can immediately give feedback as to whether your claim has legal merit. If it does, we can proceed to begin the trial and fight for your rights!

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