- Re: Cause and effect... Archived Message
Posted by John Monro
on December 3, 2019, 11:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Cause and effect..."
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Vitamin K. Informed consent may well have been given prior to the birth of the baby and forgotten about in the drama of birth - I'm not stating this as a fact, but a possible reason for this parental reaction. But midwives have a lot to think about during and after delivery, and the injection of Vit K will be ingrained and totally automatic. I think the infant would have more to complain of by being born than by having an injection (apologies for the mild flippancy) Vit K can be given orally, but it needs several doses, if I recall correctly, so there's room there for mistakes and accidentally omitted treatment. |