The Medical Center of Arlington, located midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, has chosen to implement LMS' risk prevention tools, mainly the CALM Shoulder Screen(TM) application for use with their obstetrical patients whose babies are at risk for injury from shoulder dystocia. The Medical Center of Arlington manages 180 hospitals in 23 states. Medical Center of Arlington is also the largest obstetrical delivery hospital within the North Texas Division.Shoulder dystocia occurs when the baby's shoulder gets stuck behind the mother's pubic bone during the delivery and can lead to potentially severe complications such at brachial plexus impairment, fractured clavicle, and brain damage. Until recently, these complications were considered largely unpredictable and unpreventable and responsible for some 30,000 delivery complications every year in North America.
Medical Center of Arlington delivers over 3,700 babies a year and will be the first in Texas to implement this unique risk reduction program.
Shoulder dystocia always represents an emergency in the delivery room and the clinical team needs to move into full action mode in order to reduce the risk of permanent injury to the baby.
source: http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/April2007/10/c3389.html
