The LifeguardLite™ and LifeguardConnect™ Apps from Lifeguard Digital Health are saving lives during the opioid crisis. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 30, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lifeguard Digital Health announces that 100 lives have been saved through its LifeguardConnect™ and LifeguardLite™ platforms. The company’s goal is to continue to expand its global footprint through more strategic partnerships, continuing to develop innovative digital solutions and creating preventative strategies utilizing the comprehensive anonymous data that Lifeguard receives through its platforms. All aimed at a more expanded solution for harm reduction and other various public health challenges, that help improve and save lives in the process. The British Columbia-headquartered organization had successfully saved 50 lives by 2023 through its LifeguardConnect platform. LifeguardLite™ was launched in 2023, aimed at filling the harm reduction gap in Supportive Housing settings. The innovative device is designed for vulnerable individuals living in supportive housing and has already had a significant impact in the harm reduction space. Over the past year, the LifeguardConnect and LifeguardLite platforms have saved an additional 50 lives, with the lives saved increasing at an accelerated rate. So far, 2,137 LifeguardLite™ sessions have been recorded, serving 800+ users in British Columbia. Lifeguard Digital Health’s platforms have had a total of 38,194 unique app users, and 150,693 all-time sessions so far, prompting 217 emergency responder calls and 101 overdose reversals. “We will continue to develop and improve our products to keep adding to the lives saved,” said Jeff Hardy, Chief Executive Officer of Lifeguard Digital Health. “We are proud of this accomplishment but with the increase in installations over Canada and the US, 100 lives saved is just the start. The stigma around addiction is isolating and dangerous, and with our first of its kind technology, we can help prevent overdoses while being at the forefront in reducing harm, preventing deaths, and saving lives in collaboration with emergency services.”
