Innovation: a defibrillator drone

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Drones are making more and more talk every day. After the Google delivery drones, or the selfie drone, a member of the TU Delft school of industrial design presents his project: a drone capable of carrying out first aid during cardiac arrest.

Instead of needing to go and recover it in a case like the current models this defibrillator drone called "Ambulance Drone" can reach the victim at the cardiac arrest site. After the call for help, the drone will be sent to the person responsible for the victim. The latter will then apply the electrodes, then the defibrillator will take care of the rest.

A camera and a speaker allow the emergency services to guide the person who takes charge of the intervention on the gestures to be carried out.

More than 50,000 people die each year from cardiac arrest, the appearance of defibrillators has already improved the survival rate, which has dropped from 2 to 5% since 2008. This low survival rate is explained by the duration of intervention average assistance (8 to 10 minutes). In cardiac arrest, each passing minute represents a 10% less chance of survival.

The advent of such technology could improve things, but is already problematic given the current legislative vagueness regarding drones. However, the creator of the Ambulance Drone announces that his model, still in the prototype state, will not be marketable for 5 years. Its price should be around 20,000 €, where automated defibrillators today cost between € 1,000 and € 1,500.

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