A drone carrying an automated external defibrillator (AED) saved the life of a 71-year-old man in Sweden who suffered a cardiac arrest while shoveling snow in front of his home in Trollhattan. Mustafa Ali saw him collapse and called emergency response. An ambulance arrived in 5 minutes, but within 3 minutes the drone hovered over the driveway, winched down the AED that comes with clear instructions where to attach the pads to the patient's body. The difference of 2 minutes with cardiac arrest can mean life or death. Magnus Hallberg, a developer at the drone company Everdrone says, The cost of a drone is a fraction of the cost of an ambulance. Everdrone coordinates the project with the Center for Resuscitation Science at Karolinska Institute (Sweden's largest medical university) and the national Swedish emergency center, SOS Alarm. The drone movement to deliver other needed medical supplies is growing around the globe. Speed is everything, Timothy Amukele, a pathologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, is quoted on the website, Drones in Healthcare, after finishing a proof-of-concept study to deliver blood samples via drone. If it sits there for a long time, at some point the specimen starts deteriorating. It's not so useful anymore.
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