WFSA Performance Standard for Anaesthetic Equipment - 15 May 2012
The World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, WFSA, has approved its first international Performance Standard for Anaesthetic Equipment for Low and Low-Middle (LMIC) Countries, as presented by Dr Michael Dobson at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Buenos Aires in March.
Into the Dead Heart of Africa - 2 May 2012
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in central Africa with a largely desert climate and extremes of temperature. It is sometimes referred to as the “Dead Heart of Africa”. In April, Director, Robert Neighbour, travelled to Abéché Regional Hospital in the east of Chad, to install a Glostavent anaesthetic machine and provide training in its use and maintenance.
Rwanda tour - 20 Feb 2012
The New Year kicked off with a whistle-stop tour of 4
hospitals in Rwanda for Managing Director Robert Neighbour. Leaving the excesses of the UK festive season far behind,
Robert travelled to the capital Kigali on 4th January.
Educational exhibit in Chicago - 25 Nov 2011
We were
pleasantly surprised to be invited to demonstrate new developments in
draw-over with the Diamedica Portable Anaesthesia machines at
the educational exhibition at the American Society of Anaesthesiology
meeting in Chicago in October.
New ISO standards - 24 Nov 2011
Last month the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a new standard
for inhalational anaesthesia systems for use in areas with limited logistical
supplies of electricity and anaesthetic gases.
New anaesthesia charity - 18 Aug 2011
Safe
Anaesthesia Worldwide is a newly formed charity that aims to relieve suffering and
save lives by making the benefits of anaesthesia available to people in poor
countries.
Diamedica is a medical manufacturing company with a firmly established reputation as a producer and supplier of specialised equipment for those working in challenging environments around the world. With years of experience working alongside those who work in some of the world's most hostile environments, it is our philosophy never to supply equipment which is unfit for purpose or requires the end user to possess resources or skills they might not be able to find locally. Those working in the developing world face enough difficulties without being supplied with unsuitable, unsustainable equipment.
Diamedica supports the principles of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists:
