During pregnancy and delivery, a woman’s body experiences profound changes and with it comes an increased health risk. When her medical care team fails to follow established and lawful procedures, the results can be devastating. Doctors and the orders they prescribe are sometimes misread or misunderstood. Obstetrical nurses, who monitor and evaluate the progress of labor as well as vital signs of the mother and fetus, report the condition of each to the attending physician. A failure to communicate correctly can result in great injury. Additionally, hospital delivery room equipment and/or assisting staff can be at fault.
Georgia Birth Injury Attorney
Knowing how to read the reports of each can be instrumental in building a Georgia birth injury involving injury to the mother case. The investigative team at the office of Atlanta medical malpractice lawyer Glenn L. Goodhart, M.D., J.D has the medical expertise and knows what to look for when constructing your case and where to find such information. We read and interpret delivery room clinical records in an effort to discover if changes in mother or child vital signs were reported and, if so, did medical personnel respond correctly? Were there signs of PPHN (Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension)? Did they do so in a prompt manner? Was equipment working/operated properly?
Atlanta Medical Malpractice Lawyer
Many Atlanta birth injury lawsuits involving injury to the mother are based on claims that the attending physician failed to perform a C-section when needed. Failure to detect fetal distress can lead to an unnecessarily failed birthing experience. Negligent induction of labor, an overdose of epidural medication and failure to monitor blood pressure can lead to death, paralysis or stroke for the mother. Medical caregivers can also be held responsible when they fail to check for Rh incompatibility, prescribe or administer incorrect prescription medicines during pregnancy or delivery, including wrong dosage.
Contact a Georgia M.D., J.D. for complete expertise
Georgia birth injury medical malpractice attorney Glenn L. Goodhart, M.D., J.D, serves the Atlanta area. He has the medical and legal background to discover and present your case based on solid facts in understandable language to a jury (who may or may not be well schooled in the field of obstetric malpractice cases) in a concise and considerate manner. Your negligence or malpractice case will be undertaken on a contingency basis.
