How to use this worksheet
Use it to organize facts and documents before an attorney review. It does not determine whether malpractice occurred and should not delay medical care or urgent legal advice about a deadline.
Birth Injury Records tasks
- ☐ Collect prenatal records from all practices.
- ☐ Request labor and delivery records.
- ☐ Request fetal monitoring strips in native or complete form when available.
- ☐ Collect medication, induction, anesthesia, and operative-delivery records.
- ☐ Request cord gases and neonatal resuscitation records when applicable.
- ☐ Collect NICU and later pediatric/neurology records.
- ☐ Build separate maternal and newborn timelines.
- ☐ Ask counsel which obstetric, neonatal, or pediatric experts are needed.
Tracking table
| Item | Date requested / completed | Source | Notes |
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Keep sensitive information private
Do not place Social Security numbers, account passwords, full medical-record sets, or other unnecessary sensitive data into a worksheet that might be emailed or shared casually. A lawyer can tell you what documents are appropriate to send.
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Reliable starting sources
Use primary or authoritative sources for medical records, legal definitions, licensing, and state-specific rules. General pages cannot calculate a filing deadline or decide whether malpractice occurred.