Preventable Birth Injuries – How Common Are Preventable Birth Injuries in America

Even in America, a country known for its exceptional medical facilities and doctors, the unthinkable can happen. Did you know that every hour, three newborn children in America sustain a birth injury? The fact is that even the best and most trusted hospitals and health care professionals here in Chicago make preventable mistakes. When a medical provider’s mistake results in lifelong changes for you and your newborn, doing the right thing matters. You deserve the facts.
Not all birth injuries are a result of medical negligence, mismanagement, or errors. However, it is only through a thorough review of the records that the root cause of the injury can be determined. Here are just a few of the common types of birth injuries that could lead to lifelong disabilities, but may be preventable:

• Cerebral Palsy
• Facial Nerve Injury
• Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
• Erb’s Palsy
• Brachial Plexus Injury

How Do Preventable Birth Injuries Happen?

There is an extensive list of reasons, and all are preventable. Some of the most common preventable medical mistakes during the delivery process include unnecessary force in pulling the newborn child, oxygen deprivation caused by the medical team not acting quickly enough, not tracking monitors on a regular and frequent basis, improper handling of the newborn child, injuries sustained through forceps or vacuum use or a doctor not showing up on time are just a few of the reasons that preventable harm happens.

Is My Newborn’s Injury Due to a Preventable Mistake – How Will I Know?

The only way to truly know if your newborn’s injury was preventable – a result of a medical mismanagement or error – requires the experienced and expert review of the medical records and files by a birth injury law firm, with experienced birth injury attorneys whose reputation is built upon the values of integrity, care, and expertise.

Vinkler Law is one of the most respected and trusted firms in carefully reviewing the medical records and background material to make an informed decision on whether the injury at birth that has changed your life and your child’s life forever was preventable.

Determining if the health care facility’s team was responsible for your child’s lifelong impairment requires thorough research of all the relevant health care documents. Doing what is best for your newborn requires connecting with a premier legal team that understands how to objectively review medical records and documentation and assess what happened and how.

As the mother of a newborn with an injury during birth, facing the unthinkable, you owe it to yourself and your newborn to get to the facts.

What Should I Do?

Regarding birth injury claims and investigations, Vinkler Law has an unparalleled reputation in the Chicago region for being a caring, experienced team of birth injury lawyers who are trustworthy in getting justice and helping you navigate the legal process. For your newborn’s avoidable birth injury, you are not only ensuring your child’s well-being and welfare for your baby’s life, but you are also helping other mothers-to-be.

It is only through uncovering the root cause of medical errors that other mothers – it could be a sister, a friend, a neighbor – may be spared the trauma and emotional distress you and your child have experienced.

If you are a mom who has had to face the unthinkable for your newborn, you deserve the truth, and your child deserves the resources needed to live a full, meaningful, and healthier life.

Looking for an experienced birth injury lawyer? Don’t hesitate, call Vinkler Law now, our legal team has the track record here in Chicago for getting justice for mothers and their injured newborns. You and your child deserve to know the truth.