Find the stories, updates, and impact from Lifebox's global work making surgery and anesthesia safer.
Lifebox and COAST light up operating rooms worldwide with the Lifebox Light: a low-cost, high quality headlight to make surgery safer in low-resource operating rooms
Smile Train-Lifebox tackle major gap in anesthesia safety in low-resource setting operating rooms with a high quality, affordable capnograph
The 2022 annual report covers Lifebox's work improving anesthesia safety, surgical teamwork, and infection reduction
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“Suddenly you realize it’s here like a tsunami overwhelming everybody.” Preparing for COVID-19 in HondurasDr. Carolina Haylock Loor is an Anesthesiologist and Intensive Care and Interventional Pain Physician from Honduras, and a Council Member of the World Federation of Societies of Anesthesiologists.
3 June 2020: Pulse Oximeters and Oxygen Therapy in the time of COVID-19 Join Lifebox, the Alliance for International Medical Action, and Assist International for a Virtual Grand Rounds chaired by Dr. Thomas Weiser on using pulse oximeters and oxygen therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Patange is a consultant anesthesiologist in Nanded, Maharashtra, India, and responded to our request for COVID-19 information in his community with the following note and photos. “I am Dr. Someshwar Patange, a consultant anesthesiologist working in Nanded city,…
Faye Evans: Hi guys, thanks for coming. Thanks for letting me interview you, I really appreciate it. Do I have permission to record you? Just to make sure that’s OK with both of you? Danai Marange and Tsitsi Chimhundu: Yes,…
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. …
Lifebox works to improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia in low and middle-income countries. Our partners are now on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. Lifebox is rapidly refocusing our relevant tools and training materials to help support them.
On 21 April 2020, Dr. Abebe Bekele of the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda chaired a webinar of global experts to discuss ‘Guidance for Perioperative Preparedness in Sub-Saharan Africa During COVID-19’ as published in Annals of Surgery and responded to viewer questions.
[0:32] Tom: Why don’t you start by telling us who you are, what you do and where you work and a little bit about how we got to know each other. Kat: Sure, so my name is Katherine Chu, I…
Forget Santa hats, or paper party crowns – whatever the time of year, our favorite headwear is always a scrub cap. They’re practical, reassuring – and not that difficult to make… Introducing the DIY Scrub Cap: a little…
