Empowering communities with a smartphone-based response network for opioid overdoses.
IEEE Pervasive Computing · 2020-01-01 · Observational study
Abstract
In a Philadelphia neighbourhood where opioid overdoses are frequent, neighbors used a smartphone app to request and give help for a victim of suspected overdose. A one-year study demonstrated the feasibility of this approach, which empowered the local community to save lives and even respond to overdoses faster than emergency medical services.