Hi. I just read through the website's information pages on Causation and Positioning for delivery. I thought both of these pages were wonderful...great job to whoever wrote them! It got me thinking though...the only people who are probably reading this are families who ALREADY suffer from a BPI. How can we get that information out to the providers (doctors, midwives, nurses, etc.)?
How about we each print these pages out and mail them or personally take them to the nurse managers in the maternity and nursery departments of our local hospitals? How about we mail or personally deliver these to the doctors and midwives in our area that we know of? They may scoff at it and basically ignore it, but who knows...maybe someone will pay attention, read it, and possibly use it to our future children's benefit? I've just sent out 9 copies today. Who's with me?
Tanya in NY
Educating providers
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Tanya in NY
- Posts: 935
- Joined: Mon May 03, 2004 10:51 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am Mom to Amber, injured at birth. I serve on the Board of Directors for UBPN, and am a labor/delivery nurse, too.
- Location: NY State
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Educating providers
Tanya in NY
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 13 years old
Amber's Mom, ROBPI, 13 years old
Re: Educating providers
GREAT idea, Tanya!
And while you all are at it, why not also copy the Protocol that Tanya authored in the latest issue of Outreach and include that too!
If you want to go directly to the information on this site about our new Prevention initiative, go to:
http://ubpn.org/prevention/
Nancy Birk
UBPN President
And while you all are at it, why not also copy the Protocol that Tanya authored in the latest issue of Outreach and include that too!
If you want to go directly to the information on this site about our new Prevention initiative, go to:
http://ubpn.org/prevention/
Nancy Birk
UBPN President
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Kath
- Posts: 3242
- Joined: Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:11 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I am ROBPI, global injury, Horner's Syndrome. No surgery but PT started at 2 weeks old under the direction of New York Hospital. I wore a brace 24/7 for the first 11 months of my life. I've never let my injury be used as an excuse not to do something. I've approach all things, in life, as a challenge. I approach anything new wondering if I can do it. I tried so many things I might never have tried, if I were not obpi. Being OBPI has made me strong, creative, more determined and persistent. I believe that being obpi has given me a very strong sense of humor and compassion for others.
- Location: New York
Re: Educating providers
Tanya
Thanks for the great suggestion. If we each sent a copy to our local hospital we would be reaching so many people.
I think we should all include the Protocol you prepared for hospital staff. Thank you so much for all your efforts
Kath
Thanks for the great suggestion. If we each sent a copy to our local hospital we would be reaching so many people.
I think we should all include the Protocol you prepared for hospital staff. Thank you so much for all your efforts
Kath
Kath robpi/adult
Kathleen Mallozzi
Kathleen Mallozzi