Pulse oximeters are a critical tool in patient triage and clinical decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ongoing COVID-19 care. During the pandemic, Lifebox distributed more than 8,000 pulse oximeters for COVID-19 patient management.
“If one of us can’t make it to the top, the other has to finish it.” At the end of August, Dr Ed Fitzgerald and I fundraised for Lifebox through our climb up Mt Kilimanjaro. We had been waiting for this adventure for sometime, but I didn’t imagine we would have to wait another 5 […]
On World Pneumonia Day, we spoke to him about this critical work – and its potential to revolutionise diagnosis and treatment of an infection killing nearly a million children a year. A pulse oximeter is a non-invasive device for monitoring the level of oxygen in your blood stream, more often thought of as a hospital tool […]
Dr. Faye Evans is an anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. As a Lifebox board member and member of Smile Train’s Medical Advisory Board, Dr. Evans has worked with anesthesia providers all over the world on safety and training programs. On March 30, 2020, Dr. Evans spoke with her long-time colleague and collaborator Dr. Susan Nabulindo, […]
The WHO (World Health Organization) Surgical Safety Checklist is a simple communication tool that has been proven to reduce complications and deaths from unsafe surgery by up to 40%.
Essential monitoring and education changes practice and saves lives – and now there’s a study proving that the Lifebox model does just that.’Evaluation of a large-scale donation of Lifebox pulse oximeters to non-physician anaesthetists in Uganda‘ published in this month’s Anaesthesia journal shows that when oximeters are donated to operating rooms they stay where they are […]
In June, Lifebox had a chance meeting in Boston with the Namibia based Dr Leonard Kabongo. We learnt pretty quickly that when he’s involved, stuff gets done…and quickly. Just six weeks later, I was on a plane heading to the capital of Namibia, Windhoek, to launch our safer surgery work. The word ‘Namib’ comes from […]
Dr. Renda Suleman on the transformation and immediate impact of capnography on patient care
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 […]
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 […]
