According to accepted Hudson Valley medical standards, there are three major types of birth injuries: cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy, and, kernicterus. The first of these, cerebral palsy also known as birth asphyxia, is a lack of oxygen at the time of birth that results in brain damage. In order to qualify as having brain damage caused by lack of oxygen at birth, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has four criteria that the injury must meet, which are abnormal Apgar scores at 1, 5, and 10 minutes of life, the pH level of the baby’s blood, an occurrence of seizures within 48 hours of life, multi-organ dysfunction, such as the brain, heart, or liver.