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THE FUTURE IS (almost) NOW! A smartphone app that can detect opioid overdose and its precursors Forum topic
Researchers have developed a cellphone app that uses sonar to monitor someone's breathing rate and sense when an opioid overdose has occurred.
Tragically, there were 2,066 apparent opioid-related deaths in Canada between January and June 2018; 94% were accidental. During an overdose, a person breathes slower or stops breathing altogether. These symptoms are reversible with the drug naloxone if caught in time. But people who use opioids by themselves have no way of asking for help in the event of an overdose.
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