We will post these interviews as quickly as we can to raise awareness about what partners face as they care for patients in already resource-constrained contexts. We are paying special attention to the work of anesthesia providers who in addition to being essential for surgery, also manage critical and intensive care units in many parts […]
The 2015/16 nurse anaesthesia students at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) graduated this week, and we sent them each a pulse oximeter to take on the next step. There are limited training opportunities for specialised anaesthesia training in the region, and these students are exceptional – nurses chosen and sent by their hospitals because of […]
Boston-area hospitals are competing to raise money for Lifebox. There’s already been a fundraising breakfast held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, but the big event of the season will be the Sunday, June 3rd Lifebox Golf Cup at Stow Acres Country Club. Stay tuned for more information, or click here to see the latest […]
We’ll have a stand and will be spreading the word about our Lifebox pulse oximeter and education programme. Information in French can be downloaded here, and we hope that Francophone delegates will enjoy our latest ‘how to’ oximeter video. Lifebox has a long history of working in Africa – from our collaborations with colleagues in […]
Last month we… Honored the importance of global surgery stories as we witnessed the Checklist Effect receive its fourth award at the Global Cinema Film Festival in Boston Celebrated International Women’s Day by sharing perspectives of our inspiring female safer surgery and anaesthesia champions around the world #IWDSurgery #BeBoldForChange Partnered with the AAGBI, the WFSA […]
But how do you find yourself lead author on the latest research to prove it so? Lifebox spoke with Dr Vanessa Albert, junior doctor (and medical student at the time of research) about her experiences bridging implementation and academia. You’re lead author on a paper about the impact of Lifebox oximeter distribution in Malawi. Can you sum up […]
“We wanted to bring information and knowledge to the world-wide readership of A&A about anesthesia issues in LMICs,” explained Dr Enright. “Many people would have no idea about the challenges nor about what is being done to address them. We felt it important to include the voices of surgery and obstetrics as well as anesthesia. […]
Event Director and Founder, Nicholas Rutherford tells us more about this innovative event below. What is the concept behind AidEx, and why was the conference launched six years ago? AidEx was launched in 2011 to help the international aid and development community engage with the private sector and network with fellow professionals. There was […]
This study presents the summative usability testing process of our human-centered design (HCD) approach. The objective was to evaluate the usability of the probe by end-users and experts across a range of settings and children against an aspirational target product profile (TPP) goal of 95% of readings achieved within 1 minute. Authors: Nicholas Boyd, Carina […]
The research put numeric handles on a previously ungraspable crisis, and they’ve been cited ever since – vital tools in the long-push to bring global surgery onto the global health agenda. Two other things to know about the Stanford surgeon and Lifebox trustee: He was part of the original WHO Surgical Safety Checklist development team […]
