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Childbirth involves both logistic challenges and emotional happiness, and families trust OBGYN doctors to deliver the best care to everyone involved in the birthing process. However, when mistakes occur or accidents happen in the delivery room, the consequences can be devastating and permanent.
These issues are referred to as birth injuries if a person sustains damages during, before, or immediately after the birthing delivery process. While birth injuries can occur naturally, particularly between the birthing parent and child, they often cause a medical mistake or negligence in the delivery room. Nerve damage, broken bones, and other mechanically caused (traction or compression) damages are collectively referred to as “birth trauma.”
If you or a loved one has experienced injuries or trauma during childbirth, you should contact a birth injury lawyer or a Columbus medical malpractice lawyer immediately. Kisling, Nestico & Redick are Columbus birth injury lawyers with decades of experience in helping Ohio families navigate complicated legal and medical processes and win cases for childbirth injuries.
Call us today at (614) 487-8669 or use our online contact form to reach out.
Common Birth Injuries in Columbus
A study published by Medscape in 2015 states that in the US, for every 1,000 live births, an average of six to eight infants sustain injuries. Children and parents suffer when birth injuries occur, and the fallout can also extend to other family members and friends. Our Columbus birth injury lawyers, with offices throughout Ohio, have handled trauma cases, including the following physical ramifications:
- Cerebral palsy
- Shoulder dystocia
- Brachial palsy (Erbs palsy)
- Subdural hematomas
- Brain damage
- Seizures
Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) is one of the most well-known results of sustained brain damage due to birth injuries, and there is no known cure for it. United Cerebral Palsy,UCP, estimates about 10,000 births annually result in CP, which occurs when motor functions controlled by certain areas of the brain suffer damage.
CP is a developmental disorder that can manifest at various levels and in varying forms. Since it affects a child’s movement, a CP diagnosis may not be readily apparent until the child develops and has trouble in performing coordinated motor movements like rolling over, crawling, or walking.
While there is no cure for this disability, there is a plethora of treatments – including therapy – that can help alleviate pain and trauma associated with CP. If you suspect an infant may have CP due to a birth injury or birth trauma, contact a Columbus birth injury attorney immediately.
In addition to physical pain and consequences, birth injury medical conditions often require high financial costs and may have a long-term emotional and psychological impact as well. Birth trauma can be serious and complex, potentially affecting far more than just the infant and parents.
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