IEEE pervasive computing, 2020-10, Vol.19 (4), p.42-47
2020
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Empowering Communities With a Smartphone-Based Response Network for Opioid Overdoses
- Ist Teil von
- IEEE pervasive computing, 2020-10, Vol.19 (4), p.42-47
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: IEEE
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2020
- Quelle
- IEEE Xplore
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- In a Philadelphia neighborhood where opioid overdoses are frequent, neighbors used a smartphone app to request and give help for victims 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.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1536-1268eISSN: 1558-2590DOI: 10.1109/MPRV.2020.3019947Titel-ID: cdi_pubmed_primary_33568966
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Drugs, Emergency services, Smart phones