Nurse Midwife Errors
A fact about nurse midwives
Midwives attended over 300,000 births in 2005; 97% in hospitals
—American College of Nurse-Midwives
A fact about nurse midwives
Many advocates of nurse-midwives for labor and delivery point to the success of midwives at avoiding Caesarian sections and other medical interventions. However, another reason for their success is the self-selection by patients. Often midwives do not accept patients who are at high risk for complications, making their outcomes appear better than those of OB/GYNs and family practice doctors.
Investigating to build a strong case
Partly for this reason, mistakes and negligence that result in injury to baby or mother are even more shocking. At The Lawrence Firm, in Ohio and Kentucky, our lawyers help women who experience negligence or malpractice at the hands of a nurse-midwife. We investigate your medical care, interview witnesses and analyze medical records to build your case.
If you or your baby were injured as the result of a nurse midwife error, contact experienced legal counsel to learn about your options. Call The Lawrence Firm at 1-800-698-4054.
Errors or negligence by a nurse-midwife
Birth injuries resulting from error and negligence by nurse midwives are similar to the birth trauma that can occur in any birth. Our firm has helped women who experienced injury to themselves or their baby because of:
- Failure to monitor
- Failure to act on information provided by monitoring devices
- Failure to perform a version or performing it when contraindicated
- Failure to consult with an obstetrician when labor and delivery encounters problems
- Failure to consult with an obstetrician regarding c-section
- Medication mistakes
- Failure to diagnose and treat infection
- Failure to diagnose and treat pre-eclampsia
- Failure to diagnose and treat toxemia
- Ruptured uterus
- Failure to monitor vbac birth (vaginal birth after cesarian)
- Failure to manage pitocin/oxitocin
- Failure to diagnose and manage gestational diabetes
- Failure to diagnose arrest of dilatation/arrest of descent
- Failure to timely and properly resuscitate
Injuries that result from birth trauma
Negligence such as this can lead to infant injuries such as Erb's palsy, shoulder dystocia, Klumpke's palsy, nerve root avulsion, brain damage and other serious problems. Some of these injuries can affect a person for life and require significant treatment and care. Our law firm has been able to obtain compensation for women and their children by using a team approach that connects experienced lawyers, our in-house medical personnel and our network of experts and specialists.
To learn how we can help you, contact The Lawrence Firm to discuss your case. You will find our attorneys to be compassionate, knowledgeable and ready to work hard on your behalf.
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