Overdose Detection

We're a team working to address the opioid overdose crisis through early detection of symptoms. Our technology and design is open source.

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We will be exhbiting our prototypes and hoping to get some valuable feedback at #NACCT17 in Vancouver!

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We’re back with a few updates after a brief hiatus from social media.

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We won an award of distinction at the Medical Device Development Center student innovation event! Witnessed some amazing teams present!

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@purple_tux1 Thanks for the kind words Monica! We sure are trying to live up to the potential!

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Congratulations to @sarahblyth and other amazing volunteers for the @bccla award. You're an inspiration for all of us!

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6/ Numbers that are the same: 89% of illicit drug ODs happen indoors. Fentanyl detected in 62%. Men ~82%. No deaths at supervised sites.

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Jan-March 2017: 100 ppl died of drug ODs in #Vancouver, 37 in #Surrey, 30 in #Victoria, 24 in #Kelowna, 14 in #Abbotsford, 13 in #Nanaimo...

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4/ B.C. drug overdose crisis, visualized. Naloxone kits not enough, pilot projects not enough. What's next? #bcelxn17

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3/ We've averaged around 250 illicit drug overdose deaths in B.C. since 2000. This year could be 1,388. Let that sink in.

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New numbers: 347 ppl in B.C. have died of illicit drug overdoses in 1st quarter 2017. If pace keeps up: 1,388 this year. (Last yr total 922)

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@emstronaut Thanks for the great discussion!

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and strategies for saving power. Really excited to be incorporating these suggestions and working on presenting the prototype at #NACCT 2/2

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Had a great discussion with @bobhoffmd and the residents and fellows at the NYC Poison Center. Got great feedback on alarm thresholds... 1/n

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We've been selected to present our device in the finals of the MDDC competition!

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Please stay safe. https://t.co/0DI4ai6zuz

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UPDATED: 1 dead, 4 in hospital from suspected overdoses at Toronto nightclubs overnight https://t.co/addjdWw3ht

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Generate an alert either through the GPS enabled smartphone or input location through SMS message. Great to see their demo! (3/n)

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She introduced us to a team that is working on getting a crowd sourced response to user generated alerts of an overdose. (2/n)

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Had a great meeting and device show and tell with @sarahblyth today (1/n)

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and enhance safety for people using alone in a private residences? " (2/2) This is the core motivation for our efforts! @CDCofBC