Alec Momont, a graduate student at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, has created a prototype drone that will be able to autonomously navigate a location in just a few short minutes and deliver a defibrillator to people in need, according to PCWorld. The drone could prove life-saving in the event that someone collapses from cardiac arrest and there’s no defibrillator around to help reestablish normal heart rhythm.
“It is essential that the right medical care is provided within the first few minutes of a cardiac arrest,” Momont said, as quoted by CNET. ‘If we can get to an emergency scene faster, we can save many lives and facilitate the recovery of many patients. This especially applies to emergencies such as heart failure, drownings, traumas and respiratory problems, and it has become possible because life-saving technologies, such as a defibrillator, can now be designed small enough to be transported by a drone.”
“Some 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the EU every year, and only 8% survive,” Momont said, as quoted by Business Standard. “The main reason for this is the relatively long response time of the emergency services, while brain death and fatalities occur within 4 to 6 minutes. The costs should not be an issue; I have calculated these at approximately 15,000 euros per drone, which is clearly a reasonable amount if you consider the number of lives that could be saved.”
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