SIU professor to see if VR can reduce overdose deaths
In 2020, more than 90,000 people died in the United States of opioid overdose with half of those deaths occurring in their own homes. Southern Illinois University faculty member Wasantha
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In 2020, more than 90,000 people died in the United States of opioid overdose with half of those deaths occurring in their own homes. Southern Illinois University faculty member Wasantha
The work centers around developing mixed-use or augmented reality education for an immersive, engaging approach to train people on how to give someone naloxone.
In 2020, more than 90,000 people died in the United States of opioid overdose with half of those deaths occurring in their own homes. Southern Illinois University faculty member Wasantha Jayawardene and his colleagues believe a virtual reality-based training tool may offer the key to saving lives and they’ve received an Illinois Innovation Network seed grant to study their idea.
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/PRNewswire/ -- OSF HealthCare and academic partners working on a new virtual reality platform say Iowa was the only state where opioid-related deaths did not...