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Re: Hospital is a safe place to give birth...From: Grace Loehr (divinegracie@earthlink.net)Mon Jan 23 18:08:50 2006
Yeah, but you must admit this case is a one in a million tragedy. It's horrible, no matter who or where the "fault" lies. NF does not generally lead to quadruple amputation. I saw a lot of NF when I briefly lived and worked in Albuquerque NM a few years ago -- apparently the high altitudes and lack of humidity let this nasty organism thrive. Alcoholism is rampant there, with many injuries sustained in ETOH related events, campfire and outdoor "accidents", and voila -- some pretty nasty cases of NF that keep surgeons and home care nurses busy. These are the worst and most extensive wounds I've ever dressed. I was even getting a bit paranoid about picking it up myself; you can "get it" without even having had surgery, or trauma, or being in a hospital. It can start as a small sore that won't heal but gets gigantically larger in a very short time. I would think NF could be picked up at home in a homebirth, as well as in hospital ... This would make a good study -- cases of necrotizing fascitis in pregnant women and where do they get it? Where does anyone get infected with it? Does anyone even screen for carriers of GABS, even in high risk areas? I've never heard of it. Grace nurse, who likes midwifery because of all the nice normal women without these nasty complications (for the most part) "I will defy you - bad things happen - this is sensationalistic journalism and you are responding to it.- the hospital is bound by law to protect the medical information of other patients. Once again - you do not know the "facts" of the case. Group A streptococcal disease is bad and can occur after normal vaginal birth. Anna may be correct about the hospital being scared - but we don't "know" that. This is all speculation. A bad outcome does not mean there was negligence. Have you ever seen a case of "flesh-eating' disease? (necrotizing fasciitis)
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