How birthing simulators are tackling maternal inequality with Laerdal Medical’s Rhonda McQuire

Today, we're looking at one of the most urgent issues affecting women's health in the UK: The fact that Black women are still nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or childbirth than White women.

However, there are innovations in medtech that are starting to change the picture, particularly around simulation-based training for the obstetric emergencies that disproportionately affect Black and minority ethnic women.

To explain more, we’re joined this week by a guest who covers both the clinical and technical perspective…

Rhonda McQuire spent more than 14 years as an NHS midwife before moving into resuscitation specialism at Laerdal Medical, where she now works with healthcare organisations to improve clinical practice and outcomes…