Injuries occurring during birth are denoted to as birth trauma or obstetrical injuries and they are associated with different etiological causes. The important causes of birth trauma are macrosomia, breech presentation, shoulder dystocia, and forceps-assisted deliveries [3]. Traumatizing maneuvers during the deliveries will result in these fractures in the assisted deliveries [4]. The trauma may occur due to use of forces, excessive traction or pulling, unintended pressure on soft organs such as eyes. Trauma to the limb usually occurs when the limb is pulled in cases of obstructed labor or shoulder dystocia (Head out, shoulder stuck). An Indian study on birth trauma revealed that the fractured clavicle was commonest bone fractured
This article highlights an evaluation conducted used information from CDC’s pregnancy Mortality Surveillance process. Threat reasons for being pregnant-associated homicide have been examined. (being pregnant-associated homicide was once outlined as a loss of life for the period of or inside one 12 months of being pregnant). Homicide was found to be a main intent of pregnancy-associated injury deaths amongst females from 1991–1999. The being pregnant-associated murder ratio used to be 1.7 per one hundred,000 live births. Chance causes included age more youthful than two decades, Black race, and late or no prenatal care
A cesarean section is a surgical birthing procedure that requires the doctor to cut through the mother’s abdominal wall to remove the baby and the placenta. According to Kozhimannil (2013), from 1996 to 2011, the rate of cesarean sections increased from 20.7 percent to 32.8 percent. Many situations and circumstances can complicate birth and endanger the life of the mother and baby forcing a cesarean section. The position of the fetus is one of those dangers. The normal position of a fetus before delivery is head-down, in the cephalic position. If the baby is not in that position, vaginal delivery can be deadly for the mother and the fetus. There are a few positions that
(Baltimore, Maryland) Six children out of every 1,000 are injured at the time of birth, and male babies are more at risk of being injured in this manner. These birth injuries range from the mild, such as minor bruising, to severe, like cerebral palsy. Other forms of birth injury include facial paralysis, spinal cord damage and Erb's palsy. Whenever a child is injured at the time of birth, the family may be looking at a lifetime of specialized care to provide the child with the highest quality of life possible. Wais, Vogelstein, Forman & Offutt (http://birthinjurymedicalmalpractice.com) works with families routinely to ensure they obtain the compensation needed to seek this care.
A baby deserves to experience and witness life’s beauties. If the mother tragically loses her life during childbirth, it is well worth it.
In conclusion, trauma does not limited itself to a society class, ethnicity group nor is it limited to a particular act; instead, trauma is an experience that extends itself in the moments when the human body’s natural response to discomfort and or fear fails to save and protect. Experiencing sexual abuse during childhood development is defined as a crisis. During that stage of human development, a child is not equipped with the proper tools to combat the physical, emotional, or spiritual ramifications of the act, and their natural ability for fight or flight does not impede the reoccurrence of the event. The child then develops into an adult with maladaptive coping skills to respond to external pain and disappointments. In some, an anxiety
There are other complications that are not life threatening but are still dangerous to the mother’s health. One example is uterine perforation, occurring when the abortionist misses the child with his knife and cuts the mother’s uterus. This may cause hemorrhaging and complications in childbirth later on. The uterus now cannot hold a child and may rip; causing problems in birth that may lead to the death of the child. Prominent damage to the uterus may require a hysterectomy (“A List of Major Physical Sequelae Related to Abortion”). Another complication is cervical lacrations, which are the tearing of the cervix. These are prominent in childbirth also. These lacerations cause major hemorrhaging and may result in cervical incompetence, premature delivery, and complications of labor (“A List of Major Physical Sequelae Related to Abortion”). Cervical incompetence causes miscarriages. Another complication is placenta previa, which is the “abnormal development of the placenta due to uterine damage” (“A List of Major Physical Sequelae Related to Abortion”). This
National study reporting that among pregnant women in the United States, homicide is the second most predominant cause of traumatic death. Research indicates a number of other poor health and mental consequences for both mother and child when IPV occurs during pregnancy. In practice, fewer than 10 percent of health-care practitioners consistently screen for IPV. Social workers have the opportunity to influence the issue of IVP and pregnancy at various levels comprises the delivery of effective services to survivors. Social work practice is beneficial, therefore, in assessment, intervention, referral, prevention, policymaking, and research processes are related to IPV and pregnancy. The purpose of this article is to provide a review of this study on the scope and impact of IPV during pregnancy and to identify best practices for social workers for intervention. Iovanni &Miller, (2001) discuss the focus on recent development in the criminal justice system’s handling of the domestic violence cases. During the 1070s and early 980s the victims’ rights movement and the women’s movement took a stance against the criminal justice system as a whole. As a result of the battered women’s shelter movement exposed how widespread and common DV was and demonstrated that women who are battered are not pathologically ill. The article analyses the
The probability of a woman's death is 1/11,000 in abortions after 21 weeks. A mother is not only taking the life of an innocent child, but she is putting herself at risk. For instance, “Dangers and risks of...” Martin Mcatee discusses complications that third-term abortions also come with. There is a high risk of infection to the mother due to surgical instruments being introduced into the mother's uterus, and possible dead tissue of the fetus parts being left behind. Dead tissue left behind after the abortion can enter the mother's bloodstream and result in sepsis, a deadly blood disease. Therefore, abortions can harm both the mother and the fetus, and should not be an option for the
In the article “Did a baby really ‘kick through’ her mother’s uterus?” by senior writer, Rachael Rettner, I learned about a chinese mother whose unborn baby ostensibly “kicked” through her uterus, according to multiple news reports. This was an extremely life-threatening complication because it can result in blood loss and organ failure in the mother. It can also lead to suffocation in the fetus. This results in giving doctors just ten to forty minutes to deliver the baby without inevitable harm being done to the newborn.
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Your introduction is very engaging and emphasizes the important role of communication after experiencing trauma. I believe your topic is very relatable because there is a sense of denial, seclusion, and dissociation that correlates with trauma and loss that many of us have experienced. Open communication within a family unit provides opportunities to express thoughts and feelings and develop appropriate coping strategies (Zambianchi & Bitti, 2014). In your intro you stated, "The impact childhood trauma has on our society and on children." As a suggestion, maybe you could expand on this statement or state specific impacts childhood trauma has on our society or on children. I love your examples of evidenced based interventions and how
Trauma is defined as an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. Trauma can occur at any time during development either infancy, childhood or even adulthood. Traumatic events effect everyone differently many can have resiliency and others may have neurological effects. Often there is a misconception that children are too young understand or they don’t understand what’s going on. Although children may not understand what’s happening they are affected by traumatic events just like adults. Common traumatic stressors for young children include: accidents, physical trauma, abuse, neglect and exposure to domestic and community violence.
Childhood trauma contributes to the development of disorders later in life. Several psychological disorders may be caused by childhood trauma. These disorders may include: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, addiction, borderline personality disorder, and dissociative identity disorder.
Children are naturally predisposed as a minority population as they have significantly less control over their lives due to their age, involuntary group membership (due to age), legal inability to care for themselves, and requirement to have needs and wants met by their parents/guardians. Trauma that occurs during childhood is important to resolve when it occurs because youth are at an optimum vulnerable state during this time period in their early lives. Child Action for Protection refers to the vulnerability of youth in The Vulnerable Child as a child's lack of capacity for self-protection (2010). Children have a tendency and natural naivety to being vulnerable as they do not possess certain life skills that will aid them in proper