Author Interviews, Heart Disease, Karolinski Institute, Technology / 14.06.2017
AEDs Delivered By Drones May Improve Cardiac Arrest Survival
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Andreas Claesson, RN, Paramedic
PhD Centre for resuscitation science
Karolinska institute
Stockholm, Sweden.
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low, the technology is existing. When implementing this kind of system with a drone equipped with an AED, defibrillation may occur at an early stage and before EMS arrival mainly in rural areas.
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Andreas Claesson, RN, Paramedic
PhD Centre for resuscitation science
Karolinska institute
Stockholm, Sweden.
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is low, the technology is existing. When implementing this kind of system with a drone equipped with an AED, defibrillation may occur at an early stage and before EMS arrival mainly in rural areas.
(more…)