{"id":358,"date":"2015-08-20T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagobirthinjurylawyersblog.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:34:30","slug":"18-27-million-jury-award-in-failure-to-comply-with-standing-orders-of-obstetrician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/18-27-million-jury-award-in-failure-to-comply-with-standing-orders-of-obstetrician\/","title":{"rendered":"$18.27 Million Jury Award in Failure to Comply with Standing Orders of Obstetrician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During Tristan Hamilton\u2019s delivery, his mother was given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medicinenet.com\/oxytocin-injectable\/article.htm\">Pitocin<\/a> to induce labor. The treating obstetrician instructed attending nurses to give no more than 20 milli-units of Pitocin to allow only four contractions every ten minutes. The nurses did not follow those instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Because of the excessive amount of Pitocin given (hyperstimulation) and numbing effect of the epidural, Tristan\u2019s mother was unable to push, prompting the obstetrician to attempt a forceps delivery. The baby then became stuck in the birth canal and the physician completed the delivery using a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/vacuum-extraction\/basics\/definition\/prc-20020448\">vacuum extractor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At birth, Tristan had <a href=\"http:\/\/kidshealth.org\/parent\/pregnancy_center\/q_a\/apgar.html\">Apgar scores<\/a> that were one at one minute and three at five minutes. He suffered brain damage in the delayed delivery. He is now 8 years old and has severe motor dysfunction and is unable to walk or talk.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/birth-injury-lawyer\/18-27-million-jury-award-in-failure-to-comply-with-standing-orders-of-obstetrician\/#more-358\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Tristan Hamilton\u2019s delivery, his mother was given Pitocin to induce labor. The treating obstetrician instructed attending nurses to give no more than 20 milli-units of Pitocin to allow only four contractions every ten minutes. The nurses did not follow those instructions. 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