http://fearlessbirth.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/judgements/ Advocating and empowering women to take birth back... Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://fearlessbirth.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/judgements/#comment-141 Kathy Sat, 17 May 2008 15:44:40 +0000 http://fearlessbirth.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-141 I'm not sure if you've read <a href="http://www.homebirth.net.au/2008/05/knives-are-out-again.html" rel="nofollow">this midwife's</a> take on this story, but she brings out several good points. The chief one being that this woman died 6 hours after being admitted to the hospital. What was the hospital staff told about this woman? If they were told nothing, how is it that they assumed what the problem was? How did they not check? It seems to me that it would have been done as an assessment following a postpartum hospital admission -- whether or not the midwife was completely forthcoming with what happened. However, it sounds as if there was just a failure to communicate between the midwife, ambulance personnel, and hospital staff -- not intentional. Regardless, how did the hospital staff miss that this woman was hemorrhaging to death over the course of 6 hours? I’m not sure if you’ve read this midwife’s take on this story, but she brings out several good points. The chief one being that this woman died 6 hours after being admitted to the hospital. What was the hospital staff told about this woman? If they were told nothing, how is it that they assumed what the problem was? How did they not check? It seems to me that it would have been done as an assessment following a postpartum hospital admission — whether or not the midwife was completely forthcoming with what happened. However, it sounds as if there was just a failure to communicate between the midwife, ambulance personnel, and hospital staff — not intentional. Regardless, how did the hospital staff miss that this woman was hemorrhaging to death over the course of 6 hours?

]]> http://fearlessbirth.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/judgements/#comment-133 Robin Fri, 16 May 2008 19:44:38 +0000 http://fearlessbirth.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-133 Having been to transports where the hospital refuses to listen to the midwife no matter what she says - that could also be a possibility. But I think the bigger question here is how in the course of 6 hours did they not discover the inversion on their own and operate? Having been to transports where the hospital refuses to listen to the midwife no matter what she says - that could also be a possibility. But I think the bigger question here is how in the course of 6 hours did they not discover the inversion on their own and operate?

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