Shock & awe: Tiny drone takes defibrillator to cardiac arrest cases

Candace Stuart | | Cardiovascular Business | Patient Care

“I will be talking through the drone now. Please put down the phone.” Sounds like sci-fi, but a graduate student at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands built an aerial “ambulance drone” that can transport a defibrillator to treat people in cardiac arrest. The drone’s communication system includes a web cam that emergency personnel use to instruct bystanders. See the drone and supporting cast here.        

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Candace Stuart, Contributor

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