Are You Having a Baby? The California Oil Industry Is Here to Help.

When parents walk into a maternity ward, they are thinking about one thing: their baby.

They are not thinking about oil.

But oil is there.

It is in the hospital room. It is in the delivery room. It is in the nursery. It is in the tools doctors and nurses use to keep mothers and newborns safe. Modern medicine depends on petroleum-based products.

The gloves worn by doctors and nurses. The IV bags and tubing. The syringes. The catheters. The monitors. The sterile packaging. The plastic clips, trays, cups, masks, gowns, and protective equipment.

Many of these products are made possible by oil and natural gas.

In the maternity ward, those products matter.

They help keep rooms clean. They help reduce infection risks. They help deliver medicine. They help monitor a baby’s heartbeat. They help nurses move quickly and safely. They help doctors respond when seconds matter.

Oil is not just fuel.

It is part of health care.

It is part of childbirth.

It is part of the first moments of life.

When a newborn is wrapped, checked, weighed, monitored, and cared for, petroleum-based products are often part of that process. When a mother receives an IV, medication, oxygen, or emergency care, petroleum-based materials are often involved.

California’s oil industry is part of modern medicine.

California’s oil industry helps make these products possible. The same industry that fuels ambulances and supplies hospitals also supports the materials used inside those hospitals.

The California oil industry helps make modern health care safer, cleaner, and more reliable.

That is worth recognizing.