FINALLY! A drone that saves lives rather than ending them! A Dutch-based engineering student has revealed a prototype Ambulance Drone. A flying defibrillator! It can fly at speeds up to 100 kms per hour and tracks emergency mobile calls using GPS to navigate. If an ambulance took 10 minutes to reach a cardiac arrest patient, the chance of survival is only 8%. But the drone can get a defibrillator to a patient inside a 12 km sq zone within a minute, increasing the chance of survival to 80%. Once at the scene, an operator, like a paramedic, can watch, talk and instruct those helping the victim by using an on-board camera connected to a control room. Visit alecmomont for more information. Many thanks to St John First Aid for sharing the video.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:15:00 +0000