003 Healthcare in a low resource and disaster environment

Dr Mark Hauswald talks about providing healthcare services, from a developing country like Nepal, through to his experiences in the Haiti disaster and with a Malaysian Ambulance Service. He also reflects upon the importance of tailoring healthcare interventions for that environment.

Professor Dr Mark Hauswald works quarter- time at University of New Mexico  as Co-Director of International Health Programs. He is active in both the 'Society for Academic Emergency Medicine' and 'American College of Emergency Physicians'  international groups. Additionally, he and his Obstetrician wife, Dr Nancy Kerr, have extensive international experience as well as providing clinical care at the Navajo Area Health Service.

Mark and Nancy were some of the first medical staff deployed by the United States to Haiti following the devastating 2010 earthquake. Additionally, they have extensive experience in providing medical care in difficult-to-reach locations. Mark has researched and explored low-resource health care services repeatedly through his professional life, anchored with his tenured positions at major American Medical Centres and Universities.