Ferring Canada has been at the forefront of helping to build families with baby and mother-centered care before, during and after delivery. However, even with all of our initiatives and advances, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) still continues to be the number one cause of maternal death worldwide. In this podcast series, Canadian maternal health experts share their strategies on how to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity through reducing PPH.
The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the experts and do not, necessarily, reflect those of Ferring Inc. The speakers received an honorarium for their time. The podcast does not constitute an endorsement by the experts of Ferring and its products.
EPISODE 1:
MATERNAL MORTALITY AND THE CANADIAN LANDSCAPE
with Dr. Jon Barrett (full version)
Dr. Jon Barrett is a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist, and Professor and Chair of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at McMaster University.
Collecting maternal mortality data can help identify problems before, during and after pregnancy and birth, and help us take actions to prevent maternal death. In this episode, Dr. Barrett reviews issues related to maternal mortality and morbidity, identifies important limitations to the existing data collecting systems, and highlights recent Canadian recommendations.
Recording length: 24:22
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EPISODE 2:
CARBETOCIN – BEST PRACTICES AT B.C. WOMEN’S HOSPITAL CASE REVIEW
with Dr. Ellen Giesbrecht
Dr. Ellen Giesbrecht is the Senior Medical Director of the Maternal Newborn Program at B.C. Women’s Hospital.
Appropriate pharmacologic management should be the standard of care to help ensure a patient’s safe progression through the third stage of labour. In this episode Dr. Giesbrecht discusses how she uses DURATOCIN® (carbetocin) in her practice and takes us though a vaginal birth case study of a 33-year-old G1 in spontaneous labour at term.
Recording length: 18:03
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EPISODE 3:
DEVELOPING BEST PRACTICES FOR MANAGING PPH
with Dr. Stephanie Cooper
Dr. Stephanie Cooper is an Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist at Foothills Hospital and the University of Calgary.
In this episode, Dr. Cooper explains how her philosophy of “No denial, no delay – Action changes everything” is working to save the lives of women with postpartum haemorrhage.
Dr. Cooper reallocates her honorarium for her time to the resident research fund at Foothills Medical Centre Hospital.
Recording length: 29:57
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EPISODE 4:
FERRING’S COMMITMENT TO MATERNAL HEALTH
with Caroline Chamy
This final episode features Caroline Chamy, Therapeutic Area Director of Ferring Canada’s Maternal Health Division.
Ferring is a global leader in Reproductive Medicine and Maternal Health, and has been helping people build families and live better lives for 70 years. Caroline shares her passion and expertise on this topic, and talks about Ferring’s efforts to reduce maternal mortality in Canada and worldwide.
Recording length: 17:25
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