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Dr. Elshaday Amare, capnography workshop participant
 © Yosef Amare Tsehayu/Lifebox 2022
“I don’t think we sufficiently understand how safe our anesthesia practice could be and lifesaving it could be for our patients if we used [capnography] more often. The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography workshop has pointed this out clearly and emphasized why we, as anesthesia providers, should use capnography in our practices. This workshop has refreshed our memory and updated our knowledge. It has been important in helping us reconsider the use of capnography in our work by pointing out the various monitoring aspects of the device.” 
- Dr. Elshaday Amare, resident, anesthesiology, critical care and pain medicine, Tikur Anbessa Hospital, Ethiopia.
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In January, 47 anesthesia providers from across Ethiopia participated in the first training of the Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph Project – a new program to address a critical gap in anesthesia safety.

The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnography Workshop, Yekatit 12 Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
© Yosef Amare Tsehayu/Lifebox 2022

Alongside developing a comprehensive capnography training package for anesthesia providers, Smile Train and Lifebox are making capnographs accessible with an affordable, user-friendly, high-quality device with sturdy construction and long battery life. The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph meets robust specifications for both the monitoring of pediatric patients and use in low-resource settings, and underwent laboratory and usability testing.
The Smile Train-Lifebox Capnograph
© Yosef Amare Tsehayu/Lifebox 2022

Smile Train-Lifebox Capnographs will be distributed, alongside training, to anesthesia providers in Smile Train partner hospitals later this year, after incorporating feedback from the Yekatit 12 training workshop, to address this critical gap in anesthesia and surgical safety. 

Contributions make Lifebox’s work possible. Please donate to Lifebox today so we can continue to make anesthesia safer through training, tools, and partnerships. 

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Kris Torgeson
Lifebox Global CEO

 

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