I think it is interesting that the medical director's wording seems to contradict the cottage hospital website.
"Dr. Robert Reid, MD, Director of Medical Affairs at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, emphasized the need for a standard of procedure at Cottage .... In order for VBAC to be safe, an emergency surgical staff needs to be immediately available; this is why larger teaching medical centers such as UCLA and Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo offer VBACs while Santa Barbara facilities do not. "
Then the cottage hospital website speaks very proudly of their trauma ie. emergency 24 hour surgical staff...
"Our trauma center provides care from initial resuscitation, complete evaluation, emergency life-saving procedures, recovery and rehabilitation to psycho-social support and prevention of further injury.
Our center features: • 24-hour in-house coverage by senior surgical residents with immediate attending surgical back-up and supervision. • Trauma specialists on call around the clock, including: • emergency physicians • trauma surgeons • neuro surgeons • orthopedic surgeons • trauma nurse specialists • radiology technicians • anesthesiologists
• Complete surgical and diagnostic facilities immediately available."
They also say that they are the only trauma center between LA and San Jose where the above article mentions SLO doing VBACs. So our trauma center is better than SLO but SLO is doing VBACs? This doesn't make sense!
In my opinion, the hospital is prepared to cut me open should I have a heart attack but not to assist me with birthing my children naturally and safely if I have had a prior C-section.
If I have had prior open heart surgery and present with chest pains, do you open me up automatically or decide what is the best treatment option for my situation before cutting me open?
This is ridiculous, yes, but if I want to expand my family past 3 kids or find myself unexpectedly pregnant with a fourth, this decision puts my future health and the health of my future children at risk. This makes me as mad as tailgators do!!!!!! Sorry for the rant but I am mad as hel* and I'm not going to take it any more.
I would prefer not to show up at the hospital to have my baby and sour the whole experience by having to refuse a c-section in order to do what I feel is safest for my baby and for me. I would prefer to have an honest conversation with my doctor about it without the feelings of mistrust I have now.
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Posted on June 28 at 3:42 p.m.
I think it is interesting that the medical director's wording seems to contradict the cottage hospital website.
"Dr. Robert Reid, MD, Director of Medical Affairs at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, emphasized the need for a standard of procedure at Cottage .... In order for VBAC to be safe, an emergency surgical staff needs to be immediately available; this is why larger teaching medical centers such as UCLA and Sierra Vista in San Luis Obispo offer VBACs while Santa Barbara facilities do not. "
Then the cottage hospital website speaks very proudly of their trauma ie. emergency 24 hour surgical staff...
"Our trauma center provides care from initial resuscitation, complete evaluation, emergency life-saving procedures, recovery and rehabilitation to psycho-social support and prevention of further injury.
Our center features:
• 24-hour in-house coverage by senior surgical residents with immediate attending surgical back-up and supervision.
• Trauma specialists on call around the clock, including:
• emergency physicians
• trauma surgeons
• neuro surgeons
• orthopedic surgeons
• trauma nurse specialists
• radiology technicians
• anesthesiologists
• Complete surgical and diagnostic facilities immediately available."
They also say that they are the only trauma center between LA and San Jose where the above article mentions SLO doing VBACs. So our trauma center is better than SLO but SLO is doing VBACs? This doesn't make sense!
In my opinion, the hospital is prepared to cut me open should I have a heart attack but not to assist me with birthing my children naturally and safely if I have had a prior C-section.
If I have had prior open heart surgery and present with chest pains, do you open me up automatically or decide what is the best treatment option for my situation before cutting me open?
This is ridiculous, yes, but if I want to expand my family past 3 kids or find myself unexpectedly pregnant with a fourth, this decision puts my future health and the health of my future children at risk. This makes me as mad as tailgators do!!!!!! Sorry for the rant but I am mad as hel* and I'm not going to take it any more.
I would prefer not to show up at the hospital to have my baby and sour the whole experience by having to refuse a c-section in order to do what I feel is safest for my baby and for me. I would prefer to have an honest conversation with my doctor about it without the feelings of mistrust I have now.
I hope this changes soon.
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