Drones rescue 71-year-old Swedish man rescued from cardiac arrest
In a first, a 71-year-old man saw another day’s sun after surviving a life-threatening cardiac arrest due to medical help from a drone. The miracle achieved by the contribution from medical science and technology is from Trollhättan, Sweden, where a drone played a crucial role in saving a man’s life. Everdrone, a drone manufacturer that focuses on developing autonomous drones, specifically for healthcare and rescue operations, manufactured a drone called EMADE.
EMADE stands for Emergency Medical Aerial Delivery service which acts as emergency assistance. On December 9, a seven-year-old soldier shoveled snow on his driveway when he suffered a cardiac arrest outside the hospital (OHCA). In such situations, life expectancy decreases by 10 percent with each passing minute.
A quick response and prompt action from a physician and the Everdrone team provided the patient with an automatic external defibrillator (AED), a device that provides electric shock to rejuvenate the heart, in under three minutes. The patient, after receiving first aid, was taken to hospital for further treatment.
Dr. Mustafa Ali, the doctor who was present at the time, was driving to work when he noticed a man collapse in his driveway. “I immediately rushed to help. The man had no pulse, so I started doing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR),” he said in a press release.
Dr Ali told a spectator to call the Swedish emergency number, after which, minutes later, a drone with a defibrillator arrived. “I can not describe in words how grateful I am for this new technology and the fast delivery of the defibrillator. If it were not for the drone, I probably would not have been here. This is a truly revolutionary technology that must be implemented everywhere,” he said. the 71-year-old patient.
You can see the EMADE drone in action here:
The drone has been developed in a collaboration between the Center for Resuscitation Science, SOS Alarm and the Västra Götaland region.
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