A drone delivering a defibrillatorA new emergency response system in Sweden, in which an unmanned drone delivers a defibrillator, has saved a man in his 70s from a heart attack, the BBC reported on the 6th (local time).
According to reports, on the 9th of last month, a 71-year-old man felt a heart attack and collapsed while cleaning the yard of his house in Trollhetan in southwestern Sweden.
Doctor Mustafa Ali, who witnessed the scene on his way to a nearby hospital at the time, ran to him and tried first aid.
“He had no pulse. I did CPR and told people around me to call 112 (Swedish emergency number),” said Ali. “A few minutes later a drone flew over my head. came,” he said.
According to Everdrone, the manufacturer of the drone, the drone arrived at the scene three minutes following the report was received.
The doctor gave first aid using a defibrillator brought by the drone, and an ambulance soon arrived and took the patient to the hospital, saving his life.
“I’m very happy,” said the man who regained consciousness. “It’s fantastic that a drone can come so quickly.”
“The doctor who performed CPR, the initial CPR, and the action in the ambulance were followed in a series of measures to save the patient’s life, and drones played an important role in them,” said Matt Solstrom, president of Everdrone. said
This emergency response system is the result of collaboration between Everdrone, Karolinska Research Institute, Sweden, and the Swedish National Emergency Call Center (SOS Alarm).
In 2020, they started a project researching defibrillator delivery technology via drones in Goshenburg and Kungjelb in western Sweden.
In the project that lasted for four months at the time, the drone was dispatched to 12 out of 14 suspected heart attacks, and delivered the defibrillator successfully except once. In seven of those cases, drones arrived earlier than ambulances.
Everdrone explained that the key to this technology is to establish an integrated system that allows drones to check reports and dispatch at any time.
The drone that delivers the defibrillator is designed to fly immediately when a report of a suspected heart attack is received in conjunction with the emergency reporting system.
He added that the Everdrone is an automatic drone that moves as set, but for safety reasons, a separate manpower is prepared to monitor the drone’s movement.
Meanwhile, the BBC pointed out that “Mr A was lucky that a doctor was nearby.”
Chairman Solstrom explained, “In such a situation, the general public can contact the emergency response team through their cell phone and receive instructions.”
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