Dutch student Alec Momont showed he created a prototype "drone ambulance", equipped with a defibrillator, deliberate to keep the lives of public with heart breakdown. For timely assistance drone capable of speeds up to 100 kilometers per hour. Helicopters painted in the color of the ambulance has six propellers and can carry four kilograms of payload - in this case a defibrillator.
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One drone ambulance is able to deliver to a patient a defibrillator within 12 square kilometers in one minute, which increases the chance of human salvation from 8 percent to 80. The system works as follows bailout. The drone intercepts calls to the ambulance service and sent to the scene. Thanks installed on the drone camera that will transmit information from the site, the operator of rotorcraft and part-paramedic can in real time to monitor and give tips to the people who are now trying to help the victim.
"The main reason for such a high mortality rate in this case is the impossibility of timely assistance. On average, to reach a person has experienced a heart attack, takes about 10 minutes, while the brain tissue, and without sufficient oxygen begin to die within 4-6 minutes "- continues student.
"Dron ambulance is able to deliver vital defibrillator within a radius of 12 square kilometers for just one minute, thereby increasing the chances of survival from 8 to 80 percent."
According to journalists, the prototype drone ambulance had already attracted the attention of rescue services in Amsterdam. In addition, interest in the development of the project expressed charity Dutch Heart Foundation, collects donations going to study, study and awareness-raising campaigns aimed at the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
In turn, Momont wants his drone became a full-fledged "flying medical instrument" that can also carry an oxygen mask, delivering it to the people, for example, were close to the fire and do not have access to the air, as well as insulin injections, which would have been very useful for people with acute exacerbations of diabetes.
However, according to Momonta, drone development is not yet complete: it requires revision control mechanisms, as well as the solution to all the necessary legal matters for the possibility of its actual use. Nevertheless, the student hopes that the territory of the Netherlands can be for five years to create a complete network of drones ambulance.
