r/emergencymedicine • u/Content-Ninja-2478 • Jan 22 '25

Advice First infant code

Had my first infant code the other day. Home birth that didn’t go well, 39 weeks, Nuchal cord, baby was grey at arrival, continued to work baby for approx 40ish mins, asystole the whole time. A very short moment of silence for babe and No debrief. I feel like the baby deserved more than that. I still feel sick about it. I called my hospitals counseling services and broke down.. I just wish we debriefed as a team, I know it’s busy in the ER and we have to pick up and move on but idk. I don’t even know if baby was boy or girl since it had a diaper on.. that also bothers me. This sucks

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u/Brilliant_Lie3941 Jan 22 '25

Unfair petty response, but this makes me enRAGED at the parents for making such a dumb choice and exposing so many health care workers to this trauma.

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u/Mammalanimal RN Jan 22 '25

I feel the urge the compile all the home birth horror stories I've heard and send them to any parent considering one.

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u/Disastrous-Soup-5413 Jan 22 '25

If you do, you should make a post and put it in the r/FundieSnarkUncensored page because fundies are all about home births and putting themselves and their children at risk and they stalk that sub

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u/Mammalanimal RN Jan 22 '25

I wouldn't waste my time with religious extremists, there's no point in trying to convince them. I'd aim more towards educating the well intentioned but ignorant people who thing home birth is more healthy or "natural."