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Mayday! Mayday! 2A ~ How & why did American obstetrics stray so far from its noble foundations?

by faithgibson May 3, 2019

Easy link for sharing ~https://tinyurl.com/y5gsetf6 Section 2A (of 2) ~ 1940 How did American obstetrics stray so far from its noble foundations? The historic purpose of obstetrical medicine was to safeguard the life and wellbeing of laboring women under their care and relative to all circumstances of pregnancy and childbirth, both normal and complicated. Unfortunately, the […]

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Mayday Series: 1D ~ Hospital Economics: the Big Blue Elephant in the labor room that is wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths

by faithgibson May 2, 2019

1700 words  The Big Blue Elephant in the Room: the hospital economics of c-EFM and the unproductive expenses billed to health insurance carriers and the federal Medicaid program The question here is pretty simple: Are state, county and federal governments, other 3rd party payers (insurance companies) and those who must pay out-of-pocket are getting an […]

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Mayday 1C: Auscultation ~ traditional & scientifically-validated way to listen to FHR

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

Auscultation (also known as hands-on listening) is a non-continuous method used since the early 20th century to monitor fetal well-being (i.e. the verb, not the machine) during active labor. A physician, midwife or L&D nurse uses a fetoscope or hand-held Doppler to regularly listens to the fetal heart rate and rhythm and record the information on the […]

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Mayday Series: 1B ~ Ethical Contradictions for EFM manufacturers, hospitals and obstetrical staff

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

  There is an ethical contradiction inherent in the current practice of obstetrics in the United States, a unique ethical dilemma that affects all Americans. It concerns all of us, even if we, or one of our own family members, is not expecting a baby any time soon. But first, what we are & what we are NOT […]

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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday! 1A ~ Calling on Americans to fix a problem wasting millions of healthcare dollars & results in preventable maternal deaths ~ Chapter 1A

by faithgibson May 1, 2019

Editor’s Note: To makes these essays easier to read, I divided the longer ones into parts A, B, C & sometimes D. There are a total 13 posts. At the very end of the Mayday series, I provided links to a series of 8 scientific references and science-based editorials used in writing factual account. Easy […]

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