Obstetrician At Home While Mother Experienced Placental Abruption And Lost Baby

Obstetrician At Home While Mother Experienced Placental Abruption And Lost Baby

Women select their obstetrician meticulously. And then throughout their pregnancy they come to develop a bond with the doctor and begin to have faith in him or her. They frequently believe their obstetrician, who has been monitoring the pregnancy over the course of many months, is intimately aware of their situation.

When a doctor commits to go to the hospital to follow up on the care of a pregnant patient most people would expect the physician to actually show up. Most people would also expect that, if a problem arises with the patient's pregnancy, the staff at the hospital will act appropriately and not merely continue to wait for the physician to show up losing precious time during which no treatment is given to the patient. Astonishingly, sometimes this actually takes place.

Look at the reported claim involving an expectant mother who found herself in just such a situation. She was rushed to an area hospital after she fell. The hospital staff did an ultrasound to determine if the unborn child had been injured when the woman fell. The ultrasound was interpreted as negative for any injuries. The mother, still concerned, wanted further fetal monitoring. Because this hospital was not properly equipped the staff had her transported to a different hospital - one which had the right equipment for the requested tests. Her obstetrician was informed of the situation and indicated that he would got to the other hospital to check in on her.

After being transported to the second hospital she was connected to monitoring equipment. Her obstetrician was not at the hospital. The monitor showed that the baby was experiencing fetal distress and that the baby's health was deteriorating. After waiting for two hours and the baby's heart rate had dropped to dangerously low levels the labor and delivery nurse finally notified another obstetrician of the situation.

This obstetrician carried out an emergency C-section. This obstetrician noticed that the fetal distress had been caused by a placental abruption which had cut off the oxygen supply to the unborn child. The baby was asphyxiated at birth. Apgar scores were and . The medical staff was unable to resuscitate the baby.

The law firm that handled this lawsuit found that the woman's obstetrician, athough committing to going to the second hospital to see his patient, had rather gone home and just did not bother to inform the hospital staff about that choice. And the labor and delivery nurse, the only one who had information that the baby was in fetal distress, made the decision to continue to wait for the obstetrician not contacting the obstetrician herself to report the fetal distress and failed to notify the in-house obstetrician until the situation turned dire. With this, the law firm was able to report that they reached a settlement in the amount of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars on behalf of the parents.

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