Delayed Neonatal Resuscitation: How Seconds and Protocols Shape Liability
Neonatal resuscitation is one of the most time-sensitive interventions in all of medicine. When a newborn fails to establish effective respiration or circulation at birth, irreversible hypoxic injury can begin within minutes. Brain damage, multi-organ failure, and death are not distant risks—they are foreseeable physiological consequences of untreated neonatal depression. In malpractice litigation, neonatal resuscitation […]