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"The baby's heart rate dropped during contractions, as monitored by the hospital equipment." That's about as reliable as: "The dog moved funny, indicating it
by tropo 10y ago
"The baby's heart rate dropped during contractions, as monitored by the hospital equipment."
That's about as reliable as:
"The dog moved funny, indicating it found drugs, so we have to search your car."
(it's totally normal for the heart rate to drop)
The sad reality is that the facility for C-section is not financially viable unless you use it on a regular basis. There is an incentive to use it. When used, it is profitable.
Doctors who push back on profitability find themselves replaced.
In any case, those who have trouble at home can get emergency C-sections. Since prepping takes time anyway, there is no added delay if you call ahead. Situations where mere minutes matter are rare to the point of being pretty much non-existent.
- JshWright 10y agoA baby's heartrate (as measured by either an external transducer, or a probe hooked into the baby's scalp) is an objective measurement. Comparing it to the completely subjective "signaling" of a police dog is absolutely absurd. Much of the 'prepping' requires the mother to be present (administration of anesthesia, monitoring, etc). The prep of the OR is generally done in parallel with those tasks. If it takes you 30 minutes to the to the hospital, you are delaying a c-section by at least 30 minutes. Additionally, measure that can be taken to reduce fetal stress (while waiting for the OR to be prepped, in the event that is delayed) are _much_ easier to accomplish in a hospital, rather than in a car, or the back of an ambulance.
- pm24601 10y ago> (it's totally normal for the heart rate to drop) No it is not! We are not talking going from an exercise heart rate to a resting heart rate. We are talking about a resting rate to a lower-toward death rate.