• A very expensive dinner

    Posted May 20, 2012

    Was it the pledge card in every delegate pack? The session on anaesthesia safety and the devastating impact that limited resources and training can have in the ORs of low-income countries? The friendly competition between tables at the gala dinner in Perth? It certainly wasn’t just the wine. “Aussies and Kiwis are naturally generous,” explained Profesor Kate [...]

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  • Kaiser Permanente raises more than $15,000 for Lifebox

    Posted May 16, 2012

    A couple of weeks ago, an unassuming envelope with a US stamp and a California zip code landed on the Lifebox doorstep.   Inside was a $250 cheque for the donation of a pulse oximeter to an OR on our waiting list.  And another.  And another.  And another. This quiet contribution from Northern California turned [...]

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  • AAwesome effort at SouthUniversity

    Posted May 3, 2012

    Students at SouthUniversity‘s anesthesiologist assistant programme raised more than $1000 for Lifebox last week, selling badges at the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants (AAAA) conference. “As AA students, we learn the importance of monitoring a patient’s blood-oxygen levels,” said AA student Claire Wainwright, one of the student leaders in the class of 2013. “When we [...]

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  • Update from an archipelago

    Posted April 26, 2012

    Lifebox is in the April edition of the Australian Society of Anaesthesiologists’ ASA News, with exciting news on the launch of the Make It Zero campaign and updates for readers on the first donation of oximeters sent to Tonga. Check it out!

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  • A Lifebox donor’s story

    Posted April 6, 2012

    Our donors are able to designate the country and facility where the Lifebox pulse oximeter they donate will be sent. This helps build strong links between anaesthesia providers and other healthcare professionals in countries around the world and is an aspect of our work we are particularly proud of.  Janet Dewan, CRNA, Chair of the [...]

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  • Communication with Lifebox and payment details

    Posted April 5, 2012

    Lifebox will only ever communicate with you from an email address using the format [name]@lifebox.org.   Please check the sender’s address carefully if you receive unexpected emails purporting to be from Lifebox. You can also call us on + 44 (0)203 286 0402 to check whether it is a legitimate communication from us. If you [...]

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  • Latest Make It Zero events

    Posted April 4, 2012

    The 36th Annual Conference of the American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants takes place on 21-24 April in San Antonio, Texas. Lifebox will be there – with brochures, banners and the Make It Zero video. Also coming up shortly, the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists Spring Educational Conference on 21-22 April.

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  • Lifebox is making it zero

    Posted March 23, 2012

    We are launching a global campaign to close the global pulse oximetry gap, to Make It Zero. Today, 77,000 operating rooms don’t have a pulse oximeter.  The aim of Make It Zero is to eliminate that number, beginning with a two-year, $1.25 million initiative to provide 5,000 pulse oximeters to anaesthesia providers in Africa, Asia, [...]

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  • Lifebox in the Solomon Islands

    Posted February 28, 2012

    We are delighted to report that the 13 pulse oximeters donated by anaesthetists in New Zealand and Australia, have now arrived safely in the Solomon Islands. The Head of the Anaesthetic Department at the National Referral Hospital, Dr Kaeni Agiomea, has expressed his and the hospital’s thanks for  the equipment  which will “boost our department and [...]

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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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