008 Obstetrics / gynaecological emergencies in remote and low resource environmentss.

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About this episode:

Dr Nancy Kerr talks about what she believes is the biggest advances in her specialty of Obstetrics/ Gynaecology, and reflects upon its empowering nature. Nancy also contrasts the resource-rich healthcare environment of her usual place of practice to her experiences at the remote Navaho Indian Reservation Health Service and the disaster zone in Haiti. While in Nepal, Nancy and her team developed an amazing device to assist management of life threatening post-partum haemorrhage. A device that can be built, not by a medical device company with costs in the $1000s, but by a local tailor in a village anywhere. 

About my guest:

Dr Nancy Kerr is a Assistant Clinical Professor with University of New Mexico's (UNM) Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Visiting Clinical Professor at UNM's Department of Emergency Medicine, an Obstetrician in private practice and a member of the New Mexico-1 DMAT. She has a Masters degree in Public Health, Global Health and degree in Tropical Medicine from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.