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    Could Drones Help Save People In Cardiac Arrest?

    AED-carrying drones beat ambulance times to the sites of previous cardiac arrest cases in a rural area of Sweden, a study finds. But this has yet to be tried in real emergencies.
    by Courtney Columbus Jun 13, 2017 3 minutes
    A drone was faster at getting to a person's house than an ambulance, according to test runs conducted by Swedish researchers.

    Drones could soon be dropping off packages at customers' doors. But researchers in Sweden have drones in mind for a different, potentially life-saving delivery: automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.

    Using drones to carry AEDs to people who are in cardiac arrest could reduce the time that elapses between when people go into cardiac arrest and when they receive the first shock from an AED, the researchers say.

    The more time a person spends in gives them the best shot.

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