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FACT SHEET DESIGN INFO VIDEOS MEDIA ADVISORY  PRESS RELEASE Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of death in children under five, killing almost 1 million worldwide each year. Hypoxemia (low blood oxygen level) is a critical factor in diagnosis, making pulse oximetry a vital tool in early treatment. Access to pulse oximetry at the community and healthcare facility level informs hospital […]

The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph: an affordable, high quality device suited for use in low-resource settings

One such partner is safe anaesthesia champion, Dr Arvin Karu from Papua New Guinea. He’s on mission, working with Lifebox: Australia and New Zealand, to equip every operating room and critical care ward across PNG with a Lifebox pulse oximeter. We recently caught up with Dr Karu, and this is what we learned. You’re the […]

Dr. Faye Evans is an anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor in Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School. She also serves on the Medical Advisory Board of Smile Train.  Faye Evans: Officially recording. Um, hey Praxy, it’s Faye. It’s good to see you. I’m […]

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Stronger Teams, Safer Surgery - The 2021-24 Lifebox Strategic Plan puts multidisciplinary teamwork at the heart of our approach to target the most critical moments in the end-to-end surgical patient journey.

A coalition of global health organizations have united to address a critical gap in anesthesia safety: the lack of capnography in low-resource settings, a situation that is putting countless lives at risk.

This free online interactive course covers the fundamentals of capnography in five modules: Introduction to capnography Physiology of carbon dioxide Using your capnograph Case studies Care and use of your capnograph Users receive a certificate upon completion of the course. Average course duration is 45 minutes. The course is available for free on the Lifebox Learning […]