Drones Expected to Deliver Defibrillators in 2020

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - Drone company Flirty has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to conduct drone delivery flights beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS), allowing for drones to deliver defibrillators to heart attack victims so treatment can begin before paramedics arrive. The new approval enables Flirtey to conduct drone delivery operations with a pilot controlling the flights from a remote location. Beginning in 2020, when 911 is called about a heart attack victim, a dispatcher will send an ambulance while talking through how to use a defibrillator delivered by a drone faster than paramedics can get there.The program will serve the Reno-Sparks-Carson City area. FDIC 2019 Hands-On: UAS Use in Emergency Response    
Source: JEMS Patient Care - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Cardiac & Resuscitation Patient Care Operations Source Type: news