Provincial Health Services Authority, in partnership with regional health authorities and Lifeguard Digital Health, is launching a new made-in-B.C. resource called the Lifeguard App.
This app is another resource to help ensure a comprehensive response to the overdose crisis here in B.C. The app is activated by the user before they take their dose. After 50 seconds the app will sound an alarm. If the user doesn’t hit a button to stop the alarm, indicating they are fine, the alarm grows louder. After 75 seconds a text-to-voice call will go straight to 911, alerting emergency medical dispatchers of a potential overdose.
The App is being added to the list of essential health and social sector interventions as part of the Overdose Emergency Response Centre’s response to the overdose crisis. The app will be launched in regional health authorities in a phased approach between now and early June.
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