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Pediatric pulmonologist, Dr. Eric D. McCollum discusses oximetry, oxygen and Lesotho's COVID-19 response with Lifebox.

In this study, logbook data suggest that the use of pulse oximetry reduces the incidence of peri-operative hypoxic episodes and has the potential to improve the safety of anesthesia in this setting. Authors: V. Albert, S. Mndolo, E. M. Harrison, E. O’Sullivan, I. H. Wilson, and I. A. Walker

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, […]

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.

This is a photo of Dr Nikhil Rastogi, director of undergraduate anesthesia at the Ottawa Hospital in Canada.  It was taken last year at Cotacachi Hospital in Ecuador, where Lifebox donated a pulse oximeter through Medical Ministry International. He seems quite healthy, but look at the Lifebox pulse oximeter (and the knowing smile) he’s wearing: 92% […]

The Lifebox pulse oximetry workshop teaches the concepts of oxygen delivery, hypoxia, and provides guidance on managing hypoxia and using a pulse oximeter

Understanding and improving pulse oximeter accuracy across skin pigmentations for the safe provision of anesthesia

Last November in Khulna, the third-largest city in Bangladesh, we set out to train a maximum of 24 doctors. Thanks to incredible work from our faculty, three from Dhaka and two from the U.K., we ended up delivering essential education and some oximeters to a classroom of 34. We’ll be sharing photos and stories from […]

Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of childhood death worldwide. What does that have to do with safe surgery?  Nothing explicitly.  But pulse oximetry monitoring is essential for oxygen therapy, a basic pneumonia treatment – and if there aren’t any oximeters in the operating theatre, what are the chances that you’ll find one on […]