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FDA's OD Narcan Application winner announced, prize awarded and video released.

In December 2016, the FDA announced the winner of its competition.

[ https://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2016/12/fdas-naloxone-app-prize-competition-celebrates-innovation-in-search-of-technological-solutions-to-the-opioid-epidemic/ ]

From the FDA release:

OD Help’s concept is a simple, easy-to-use mobile app designed to connect potential opioid overdose victims with a crowd-sourced network of naloxone carriers. OD Help can easily be tailored for use in rural or urban areas by expanding or contracting the radius within which naloxone carriers are sought. An additional innovative feature of OD Help is the optional interface with a breathing monitor to detect when a victim’s breathing rate is dangerously low, a sign of an opioid overdose. Hence, if the victim is alone and unable to call for help, OD Help will detect the diminished breathing and alert a naloxone carrier of the potential overdose. Other features of OD Help include: only alerting people in one’s support network and allowing naloxone carriers to disable alerts when they are unable to respond. The app also provides instructions on how to correctly diagnose an overdose and administer naloxone and helps contact emergency medical services when help is required.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiiNvSLbUgo&feature=youtu.be