A feasibility study has found that drones can be used to deliver life-saving defibrillators to people with suspected cardiac arrest in the community. "Drones delivered an automated external ...

In the U.K. there are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually, but fewer than 10% of people survive. Early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and use of an Automated External ...

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are a common resource in public buildings, yet a new analysis reveals that they are rarely used to help resuscitate people suffering cardiac arrest. Research ...

When you look to the sky these days, you never know what you might see—a bird, a plane, a shooting star, or…a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator (AED)? That's right: A medical drone. A ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than ...

Researchers in the UK have successfully tested a drone delivery system for defibrillators, offering a faster way to respond to cardiac arrests in hard-to-reach areas. Image Credit: University of ...

Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

A new comprehensive literature review in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology highlights systemic and policy shortcomings of current aviation safety standards, and recommends regulated and mandated ...

“Drones delivered an automated external defibrillator (AED) just outside the door of residential homes, where most cardiac arrests occur, as well during the first minutes of a cardiac arrest,” said ...