The condom hydrostatic tamponade can help save a woman's life if she is bleeding severely after childbirth. While various kinds of sophisticated tamponade devices exist to internally suppress bleeding of the uterus after childbirth, doctors in Bangladesh used easily available supplies like a condom and catheter to create an ingenious and inexpensive alternative. Health workers in low-resource settings can easily construct this device in their own clinics. For more information, see the published article on this device: Akhter S, Begum M, and Kabir J. Condom hydrostatic tamponade for massive postpartum hemorrhage. IJGO 2005;90:134-5S.