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“Lifebox Africa”: an AA-wesome Effort by South University Students!
All the way from Georgia, U.S.A. without further ado: “Lifebox Africa” is an Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) student-led initiative that made local news recently after the South University students from the Savannah, GA campus raised…
Nigeria
We have delivered oximeters and training materials to ORs across Nigeria – from Kano in the north to Rivers and Delta State in the south. Some hospitals have been able to purchase oximeters from us, however, the majority have received…
Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a densely populated country with over 145 million people. It is widely recognised to be one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change due to its low-lying position, and faces significant healthcare challenges. We have been delighted to provide…
Direct Donation
That was certainly the case for CRNA Janet Dewan, chair of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Health and Wellness Committee, who first went to work in Niger in 1974. She recently donated an oximeter through…
Surgical safety checklists: do they improve outcomes?
A comprehensive review of the current available literature on the effectiveness of surgical safety checklists has been published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia. This is co-written by Isabeau Walker…
A Great Initiative
Looking back on last year, it really seems like Lifebox was set up and three minutes later Laura Peltola called the office and said that she and her boyfriend, Andrew Moulds, wanted to do a fundraising campaign to buy oximeters…
A very expensive dinner
Was it the pledge card in every delegate pack? The session on anaesthesia safety and the devastating impact that limited resources and training can have in the ORs of low-income countries? The friendly competition between tables at the…
Land of the Free
A Liberian flag is hung at the entrance of the Sanniquellie Magisterial Court in Nimba County, Liberia.Photo ID 468148. 19/02/2011. Sanniquellie, Liberia. UN Photo/Staton Winter. But the civil wars of the 1980s and 90s wrecked lives…
Kaiser Permanente raises more than $15,000 for Lifebox
A couple of weeks ago, an unassuming envelope with a US stamp and a California zip code landed on the Lifebox doorstep. Inside was a $250 cheque for the donation of a pulse oximeter to an OR on our…
East in the desert
Robert is the director of Diamedica, a manufacturer of anaesthesia equipment fit for purpose in low-resource settings. He recently returned from Chad, in central Africa, where he took a Lifebox pulse oximeter to leave…
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