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The Boston Lifebox Challenge
Posted February 14, 2012
Boston-area hospitals are competing to raise money for Lifebox. There’s already been a fundraising breakfast held at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, but the big event of the season will be the Sunday, June 3rd Lifebox Golf Cup at Stow Acres Country Club. Stay tuned for more information, or click here to see the latest [...]
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Going above and beyond
Posted February 6, 2012
Members of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society (CAS) have raised funds to send 268 pulse oximeters to operating rooms in Rwanda – exceeding their target of 250 oximeters by several thousand dollars. CAS President Dr. Rick Chisholm wasn’t surprised. “Canadian anesthesiologists have a history of aiding the CAS’s International Education Fund in its outreach initiatives,” he [...]
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Fundraising for Lifebox
Posted January 24, 2012
There are many ways in which you can help Lifebox put pulse oximeters into operating rooms which don’t have them – in the process saving thousands of lives. You can hold bake sales, tell your friends, family and colleagues about the important work that we do, and take part in triathlons and other sporting events. [...]
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Lifebox Makes World Anaesthesia News
Posted January 9, 2012
Click here to read more about Lifebox and our work in Uganda in the most recent issue of World Anaesthesia News!
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2011 annual review
Posted December 13, 2011
Curious about what Lifebox has been up to in 2011? Want to know more about how we work to improve surgical and anaesthesia safety around the world? Download our 2011 annual review to learn about Lifebox.
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BMJ Christmas Appeal 2011
Posted December 2, 2011
We are delighted – and incredibly honoured – that the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has chosen Lifebox for its 2011 Christmas campaign. The campaign launches on 3 December and will run to the end of January 2012 featuring different aspects of Lifebox – from oximeter development to education. Click here to listen to an appeal from Dr [...]
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Lifebox makes page 2!
Posted November 24, 2011
Lifebox is top of the fold of Page2Anesthesiology today, the blog for the journal Anesthesiology. Editor Dr J. Lance Lichtor asks readers to: ‘First, consider the ASA standards for basic anesthetic monitoring… Second, as an example, compare the GDP per capita in the United States ($47,200, according to a 2010 estimate) to Uganda ($1,300 in [...]
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Lifebox in the news down under
Posted October 21, 2011
Lifebox trustee Dr Alan Merry was interviewed for the September issue of the ANZCA Bulletin. Click here to read more.
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Canadian campaign for Lifebox
Posted September 12, 2011
The International Education Foundation of the Canadian Anesthesiologists’ Society has been working to develop the anesthesia specialty in Rwanda for many years. Now the Foundation is raising funds to support a pulse oximetry educational project in that country through Lifebox. The goal is to raise enough money to be able to buy 250 pulse oximeters for [...]
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World Congress of Anaesthesiologists 2012
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The World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA) takes place every four years and the 15th WCA will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 25–30 March 2012. Lifebox is currently planning our attendance at WCA. We look forward to meeting many of our colleagues from the anaesthesia community around the world at this event. For more information [...]
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