Did you know that a nursing unit manager in South Africa performs on average 36 different activities an hour? Multi-tasking may be a modern affliction, but for nurses – particularly those in low-resource settings – it is a life-saving skill. With medical degrees overwhelmed and under-represented, it is the nurses, generally the largest group of […]
Lifebox pulse oximeter implementation in Malawi: evaluation of educational outcomes and impact on oxygen desaturation episodes during anaesthesia followed up a donation of 86 Lifebox pulse oximeters to anaesthesia providers in Malawi. Beyond showing a sustained improvement in test scores before and after training, the study proves something even more critical: that knowledge is being put to […]
Pioneer: “a person who is among the first to research and develop a new area of knowledge or activity.” This definition stood out as we received the news that Dr Takuo Aoyagi, a Senior Manager at Nihon Kohden, was recently honoured for pioneering services to pulse oximetry. Photo credit: Engineering and Technology History Wiki True, […]
Lifebox Global COVID-19 response supports healthcare providers respond to the pandemic with tools and strategies for safe surgical, anesthesia, and COVID-19 care, including training, PPE, and pulse oximetry distribution.
We understand you’re busy – so are we! If you haven’t had time to check in with Lifebox lately, here’s where you can get caught up. Welcome to the January #LifeboxNews: highlights from a busy month and links to some of the stories that caught our eye. Last month we… launched an exciting new project […]
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 waiting list. And another. And another. And another. This quiet contribution from Northern California turned […]
So we were predisposed to like Rotary, and that’s before you factor in the amazing work they’ve been helping us with over the last year! As we wrote in the April issue of Rotary Today (you can read a copy here), Rotarians around the world from Yorkshire to Benin have been rolling up their sleeves to help us make surgery […]
When we first heard about the Boston Lifebox Challenge earlier this year, we knew better than to get caught in the crossfire! We watched as ideas, enthusiasm and events ricocheted across the city, and are thrilled to duck and share, with our thanks, the below article straight from the website of one of the challengers: “When […]
Lifebox is excited to offer a Fellowship in Tanzania for a UK anaesthetic trainee (ST4 or above) or consultant anaesthetist (current or retired) keen to make a significant contribution to anaesthesia care in a low-resource setting. We are currently recruiting for a six-month Fellowship based at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania. […]
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 Lifebox and knew exactly who she wanted it to go to: Dr Maman Sani Chaibou, an anaesthetist and […]
