Nov 23, 2023
Drones with defibrillators are saving people from cardiac arrest
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: biotech/medical, drones, education
They are faster than ambulances in situations where timing is key.
Karolinska Institutet researchers have been investigating the idea of sending drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to patients in cardiac arrest instead of ambulances and have now found that, in more than half of the cases, the drones were three minutes ahead of the vehicles. In addition, in the majority of cases where the patient was in cardiac arrest, the drone-delivered defibrillator was employed to stop the condition from getting worse or leading to death.
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