As the impacts of the overdose crisis continue to worsen, empowering communities with the means to combat the overdose crisis has never been more important. The Lifeguard App, by Lifeguard Digital Health, has persisted as a driving force in protecting communities across the country from...
Lifeguard Digital Health has remained committed to developing digital health solutions to reverse the effects of the overdose crisis. To forward this initiative, Lifeguard Digital Health has partnered with Penington Institute of Australia to strengthen the promotional efforts surrounding public awareness, effective resolution strategies, and...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1618330992913{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}"] Lifeguard Digital Health to roll out in Northwestern Ontario Following Successful Launch in British Columbia [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Thunder Bay, Ontario (April 13th 2021) — Lifeguard Digital Health is pleased to announce their life-saving overdose prevention app...
British Columbia continues to be at the forefront of treatment for street drug use, declaring the surge in overdoses related to it a public health emergency in 2016. Understanding that mental health issues and addiction are interlinked, and in an effort to de-stigmatize problematic illicit...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1591649350725{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="2228" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="2227" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vancouver – The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), in partnership with regional health authorities and Lifeguard Digital...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The BC Coroners Service has published updated reports on illicit drug toxicity deaths and fentanyl-detected drug deaths to the end of May 2020. The 170 illicit drug toxicity deaths reported in May mark the highest monthly total ever in...
Anyone who takes prescription opioids can become addicted to them. In fact, 1 in 4 people who are prescribed opioids struggle with addiction. Once addicted, it can be hard to stop. Canada is the second-largest per capita consumer of opioids in the world. In 2018, almost 1...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1591979047260{padding-bottom: 25px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]June 9, 2020 | Vancouver, Canada[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="1826" img_size="226x25" alignment="right" qode_css_animation="" css=".vc_custom_1591979564635{padding-top: 18px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;}" el_class="microsoft-logo-release"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Connecting emergency services directly to save lives from opioid crisis Reducing the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css=".vc_custom_1591649350725{padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="2228" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][vc_single_image image="2227" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vancouver – To help save more lives and ensure people who use drugs alone have access to...
The opioid crisis resulting in deaths by overdose remains a public health emergency in Canada with close to 3000 reported deaths in late 2019. Western Canada is the most impacted region with almost 800 of the reported mortalities caused by synthetic opioid overdoses. The majority...