There are many different types of birth injuries that could be caused by the reckless, careless, and negligent actions or inactions of a healthcare provider. One of the more common types of birth injuries which could result in a lifetime of complications includes brachial plexus birth injuries. This type of Oregon birth injury is a type of nerve injury to a baby’s arm or at the base of the neck. Brachial plexus birth injuries can result in a range of disability for a person. This ranges from mild and temporary inconvenience to permanent inability to use the arm. While there are many ways that a brachial plexus birth injury could be caused by natural complications of the birthing process, our Oregon birth injury lawyers know that many times a victim’s family will want to know who is at fault for brachial plexus birth injuries.
The answer is that any healthcare provider who handles your newborn could be at fault for a brachial plexus next injury. This is probably not what a victim’s family wants to hear, but the truth is that any healthcare provider could cause brachial plexus birth injuries to a child. This means that families who have had a loved one suffer serious birth injuries such a brachial plexus nerve injury should have Oregon birth injury lawyers review the medical files to determine who is at fault for brachial plexus birth injuries. In addition to actual doctors or support staff, other unexpected entities like hospitals and other entities could also be at fault for your child’s birth injury.
The first step is to understand what the brachial plexus birth injury is and how it effects a person. The brachial plexus is part of the peripheral nervous system. This is the nervous system which branches out from the spinal cord and stretches to the fingertips and toes. The purpose of the peripheral nervous system is for perception, sensation, and to tell muscles to move. The peripheral nerves take in this information or send out this information from the central nervous system which is the brain and the spinal cord. The brain analyzes the information from the peripheral nervous system and decides what to do next, either cognitively or autonomously. The spinal cord is the messenger superhighway between the brain and the peripheral nervous system.
The brachial plexus is a combination of a series of nerves which come off of the neck. These nerves snake out of the vertebrae and meet at the base of the neck where they combine into the brachial plexus. The brachial plexus extends to the shoulder and down the arm. It splits into several larger branches and then consolidates again at the elbow before splitting again to go through forearm, wrist, palm, and to the fingertips.
There are really four types of brachial plexus nerve injuries which could be caused by Oregon birth injuries from a doctor or healthcare provider. These four types of brachial plexus birth injuries include the following:
Now seeing the four types of brachial plexus injuries, it should be clear that the most likely healthcare provider who could be at fault is the physician or healthcare provider handling the labor and delivery. This is because physicians are supposed to control and monitor a mother and baby from conception to birth when brachial plexus injuries could occur. Our Oregon brachial plexus birth injury lawyers know that OB-GYNs, family care practitioners, and primary care physicians are the most likely culpable individuals for brachial plexus nerve injuries to a baby.
Here is a list of other individuals who may be at fault for brachial plexus birth injures:
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