Search Tag: drones
2023 31 Jan
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA) is a dangerous condition with high mortality and poor health outcomes. According to the International Liaison Committee for Resuscitation (ILCOR), the global incidence of OHCA treated by emergency medical services (EMS) is 30.0-97.1 per 100,000 population, with discharge/30-day survival rates of 3.1-20.4% and good...Read more
2022 11 Mar
An overview of the logistic challenges during the pandemic, the use of drones to trigger logistic advancements both in normal operational conditions and in emergency situations, and the new set of possibilities introduced by autonomous drones to reduce legacy vulnerabilities of healthcare systems. Key Points COVID-19 highlighted the need...Read more
2020 08 Feb
In healthcare, drones to date have traditionally been used to deliver supplies to remote or inaccessible areas. In the face of the C oronavirus 2019-nCoV spreading across China, the flying machines are now being deployed to press people into donning protective facemasks as part of multiple measures to control the virus. Chinese police in...Read more
2019 21 Jan
Rwanda leading the way with life-saving drone tech Rwanda shows how rapidly-developing drone technology can improve healthcare infrastructure at a national scale. In late 2016, the Government of Rwanda entered a Public Private Partnership with automated logistics company Zipline to deliver blood and medical supplies,...Read more
2017 20 Sep
Transporting medical samples in far-flung areas is challenging. These samples must be stored with the right level of temperature during the long-haul travel. This is where the use of drones will be a big help. In a new study, researchers were able to transport chemistry and haematology samples to a site 260 kilometers (160 miles) away using a drone....Read more
2017 16 Jun
According to a study published by JAMA, in simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), drones carrying an automated external defibrillator (AED) arrived in less time as compared to emergency medical services. There was also a reduction time of about 16 minutes. OHCA has a low survival rate, around 8 to 10%. The most important factor...Read more
2017 11 Feb
1. Search for Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest Drowning Victims Using a drone to locate submerged drowning victims could save time by transmitting aerial video of the search area to a tablet. A simulated study from Scandinavia (Claesson et al. 2017), of 20 searches for a manikin using a drone compared to a search party of lifesavers alone, found...Read more