Reusable Suit Could Save Lives During Childbirth
From Times Wire Reports
A reusable, lightweight suit could help save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries who die each year during childbirth, researchers reported in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology.
The garment, which resembles the bottom half of a wetsuit, restores blood flow to vital organs in women in shock and suffering from obstetrical hemorrhaging during the birth. In a pilot study of 364 women in Egypt, the non-pneumatic, anti-shock garment, or NASG, reduced death and severe illness by 69% percent, according to researchers from UC San Francisco.
