Syska's achievements include a $ 5.65 million birth injury settlement for failure to properly monitor a fetus during delivery, and a $ 5 million settlement for a baby's injuries sustained when a nurse and midwife failed to act
on signs of fetal distress.
Not exact matches
On the other hand, they might hear the heartbeat and assume that the baby is fine even amidst any obvious
signs of fetal distress.
The truth is that when you are
on the monitor, the nurses and staff are looking for tell tale
signs of fetal distress.
According to the website for the National Childbirth Trust, an episiotomy may be necessary if there are
signs of fetal distress, you have a large baby, your health depends
on a speedy labor, or you are exhausted from pushing.
Failure to promptly recognize
signs of fetal distress seen
on the
fetal heart monitor and provide the appropriate treatment
According to the plaintiff, during the latter part
of the pregnancy and
on the day the baby was born, the defendants failed to respond properly to obvious
signs of fetal distress which caused serious hypoxia; this resulted in the infant suffering permanent brain damage.
The failure by medical personnel assisting in a child's birth to adequately monitor the vital
signs of the mother and fetus in order to timely recognize the existence
of fetal distress may be found to constitute actionable negligence and liability
on the part
of such personnel if this negligence is determined to have been a cause
of the child's HIE injury.
Instead, the report was used constantly in birth injury litigation by paid experts testifying
on behalf
of obstetricians and hospitals sued for ignoring the
signs and symptoms
of fetal distress and failing to treat
fetal hypoxia.