Their conference sets up shop in a different European city each year. In 2012 we put our best bisou forward making introductions in Paris… …last year we said hola to old acquaintances in Barcelona, and this year… Hej! Welcome to Stockholm. More than 5000 anaesthetists spent a busy week under bright northern hemisphere summer skies, […]
We’re so excited to attend this event because Lifebox works closely with nurse anaesthetists on the front line of anaesthesia care worldwide. Colleagues have championed our work and helped raise funds to support hospital teams in low-income countries who lack the resources to care for their patients safely. Anaesthesia in low-resource settings is predominantly delivered […]
And global surgery isn’t just an operation happening ‘over there’ – it’s the appropriate infrastructure, partnerships, political will and shared commitment to making this essential component of universal health coverage truly universal. Lifebox is thrilled to be part of one such partnership in the Dominican Republic! Following our first in-country training workshop in 2014, and breaking news […]
Since 2012 at Euroanaesthesia in Paris, the generosity and commitment of ESA members and membership societies has helped to support thousands of safer surgeries through Lifebox’s equipment and training projects – across and beyond the continent. But at Euroanaesthesia 2016 in London, the ESA-Lifebox Europe Project took Lifebox’s fifth anniversary celebration to a whole new […]
What does the Ellison Pierce lecture mean to you, and what will you be speaking about? The Ellison Pierce lecture is not only an opportunity for me to recognize one of my mentors and giants in anesthesia safety but to try to highlight the connections between the challenges in the safety of surgery globally and […]
Getting to know the anaesthesia community over the last few years is just one of the privileges we’ve had, as we work towards safer surgery and anaesthesia worldwide. It’s a wide-ranging, dynamic – and generous! – group. Actually, it’s really more of a group of groups, each one focused on a particular aspect (research, paediatrics, […]
DONATE HERE Anaesthetists London-Dublin ride funds safer surgery Eight anaesthetists from across Great Britain arrived in Dublin today (17 Sept 2013) by bike, having cycled from the headquarters of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland (AAGBI) in London. They are in Dublin to attend the Annual Congress of the AAGBI from 18-20 […]
Road traffic accidents in Uganda are frequent and brutal. Two years ago, the anaesthesia community at Mulago Regional Referral Hospital, the largest in the country, lost several of its own when a minibus carrying anaesthetic SHOs to a funeral was swiped off the side of the road. Treatable injuries became fatal ones: the same infuriating […]
The 19th ASEAN Congress of Anaesthesiology (ACA) opens today, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia – and thanks to friends both local and in the region, Lifebox is proud to play a part. We know that education is essential for safer surgery, and that local leadership inspires long-term change. The Indonesian Society of Anaesthesiologists and Intensive Therapy is […]
Tackling antibiotic overuse in surgery with an antibiotic stewardship program to support safer surgical care in low-resource settings
