By winning the competition, Dr. Frédéric Lemaire a scholarship of $500,000. (Photo: Le Courrier du Sud – Archive)
Those from Dr. Mobile application EZResus, developed by Frédéric Lemaire of Charles-Le Moyne Hospital and facilitating the administration of medication to patients in emergency situations, has won the Canadian Space Agency's Deep Space Healthcare Challenge, the Charles-Le Moyne Foundation announced February 28.
Dr. Lemaire worked on the design of this application for eight years in collaboration with around twenty of his colleagues. The tool allows the medical team to “quickly find the right dosage, the right concentration and the appropriate rate of administration of each medication based on different patient characteristics,” reports the Integrated Health and Social Services Center of the Montérégie-Centre (CISSSMC).
“Medicine worked very well before we used it, but what it specifically changes is that it takes away the mental burden of concentrating on the patient,” said the doctor at the launch in December 2021. It is certain that we ” We’re still checking, but the environmental stress level is going down a lot.”
Dr. Lemaire received support from the Charles-Le Moyne Hospital Foundation and the Charles-Le Moyne Research Center. The application, used by 5,000 doctors in 29 countries, can administer nearly 100 medications in intensive care for children and adults.
The goal of the competition is to “develop new health technologies that could be used in remote communities and by astronauts on missions,” according to the foundation.
“This is absolutely incredible news! It's a childhood dream come true! What a tremendous recognition, but above all what an extraordinary opportunity for us to continue our work to develop the best possible application and distribute it to as many communities as possible and, tomorrow, to astronauts on missions in space. “In the end, what really matters is saving more and more lives in the first hour of resuscitation,” emphasizes Dr. Frédéric Lemaire in a press release.