How were you introduced to Lifebox? I have been trained twice by the Lifebox team on safe anesthesia. During these workshops, I was taught how to use the Lifebox pulse oximeter and the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist correctly. The Checklist is a vital tool in making sure that every patient who comes into our operating […]
Looking back on last year, it really seems like Lifebox was set up and three minutes later Laura Peltola called the office and said that she and her boyfriend, Andrew Moulds, wanted to do a fundraising campaign to buy oximeters for the Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi. It was very exciting. The Peltola/Moulds […]
Today we launch the Lifebox-Smile Train pulse oximeter with our long-standing partner Smile Train to scale up access to pulse oximetry for anesthesia and critical care. Pulse oximeters rapidly measure the oxygen level of the blood and are essential for patient monitoring during anesthesia and in intensive care. This easy-to-use device is the only piece […]
When we first heard about the Boston Lifebox Challenge earlier this year, we knew better than to get caught in the crossfire! We watched as ideas, enthusiasm and events ricocheted across the city, and are thrilled to duck and share, with our thanks, the below article straight from the website of one of the challengers: “When […]
Lifebox sent an oximeter and the hospital found funding to buy some additional units. But Benson told us some very difficult stories about his anaesthesia practice, and we knew that these few units wouldn’t be enough to keep patients safely monitored in the operating rooms across the region. That was back in October. Coming on for […]
Back in March, Côte d’Ivoire was in the news for devastating reasons. Violence dominated the headlines, by chance the same week that Lifebox was in town for a very different story: safer surgery. This is a story that begins by acknowledging the challenges of resources and workforce in delivering safe surgery, and the knock on effect for […]
Lifebox congratulates its Chair and Co-Founder – Dr. Atul Gawande – on his confirmation today as the Assistant Administrator of the Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Lifebox looks at our top milestones from 2021 making surgery and anesthesia safer through tools, training, and partnerships.
Lifebox Australia and New Zealand (Lifebox ANZ) is a consortium of partners working to strengthen anaesthesia and surgical safety in the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr. Atul Gawande Co-founded Lifebox and served as Chair of the organization for its first ten years. As Chair, he oversaw Lifebox’s global work to improve the safety of surgery and anesthesia worldwide.
