Medical Delivery by Drone Is Happening. How Good Is It?
Medication, defibrillators, and emergency first aid supplies may soon be delivered by drones faster and more efficiently than even EMS can respond.
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Medication, defibrillators, and emergency first aid supplies may soon be delivered by drones faster and more efficiently than even EMS can respond.
Researchers have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than half of the cases, the drones were ahead of the ambulance by an average of three minutes.
A new study finds drones deliver life-saving equipment to patients with suspected cardiac arrests faster than ambulances.
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest.
People who have gone into cardiac arrest can get treatment faster if a drone delivers a defibrillator, but there needs to be someone nearby trained in CPR, shows a trial in Sweden