Interpreting the Findings of Fetal Heart Monitoring Strips: Examining New Guidelines and Exploring Liabilities for Misinterpretation

October 12, 2023 1:30pm

Michael G. Ross, MD MPH
Distinguished Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health
UCLA School of Medicine

Timothy H. Bendin
Partner
Bendin, Sumrall & Ladner, LLC

Kurt D. Lloyd
Partner
Lloyd Law Group, Ltd

  • Exploring advances in fetal heart monitoring strips technology
  • Examining recent guideline changes for fetal heart rate monitoring
  • Distinguishing the different categories of fetal heart monitoring
  • Managing Category II fetal heart rate tracings
    • Examining techniques for how a doctor can determine when a fetal heart monitoring strip has deteriorated to such an extent that medical intervention is necessary
    • Understanding when an obstetrician should see a patient as opposed to a nurse alone?
  • Determining the amount of time that an obstetrician should be monitoring the strip for a low-risk versus a high-risk patient
  • Interpreting contraction patterns and their impact on fetal heart rate
  • Examining current scientific and technological advances that eliminate some subjectivity with FHR monitoring strips interpretations
  • Analyzing techniques that doctors use to determine when a fetal heart monitoring strip is malfunctioning
  • Identifying when medical intervention is necessary
  • Devising techniques for presenting FHR tracings interpretations to the juries so that it is engaging and understandable