AED delivery at night - Can drones do the Job? A feasibility study of unmanned aerial systems to transport automated external defibrillators during night-time.
AED
Automated External Defibrillator
CPR
Cardiac Arrest
Citizen First Responder
Community First Responder
Defibrillation
Drones
First Responder
OHCA
PAD
Publicc Access Defibrillation
Smart Phone
UAS
UAV
Journal
Resuscitation
ISSN: 1873-1570
Titre abrégé: Resuscitation
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 0332173
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 2023
04 2023
Historique:
received:
19
01
2023
revised:
05
02
2023
accepted:
06
02
2023
medline:
31
3
2023
pubmed:
16
2
2023
entrez:
15
2
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In their recent guidelines the European Resuscitation Council have recommended the use of Unmanned Aerial systems (UAS) to overcome the notorious shortage of AED. Exploiting the full potential of airborne AED delivery would mandate 24 h UAS operability. However, current systems have not been evaluated for nighttime use. The primary goal of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of night-time AED delivery by UAS. The secondary goal was to obtain and compare operational and safety data of night versus day missions. We scheduled two (one day, one night) flights each to ten different locations to assess the feasibility of AED delivery by UAS during night-time. We also compared operational data (mission timings) and safety data (incidence of critical events) of night versus day missions. All missions were completed without safety incident. The flights were performed automatically without pilot interventions, apart from manually choosing the landing site and correcting the descent. Flight distances ranged from 910 m to 6.960 m, corresponding mission times from alert to AED release between 3:48 min and 11:20 min. Night missions (T¯ Our results demonstrate the feasibility of UAS supported AED delivery during nighttime. Operational and safety data indicate no major differences between day- and night-time use. Future research should focus on integration of drone technology into the chain of survival.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
In their recent guidelines the European Resuscitation Council have recommended the use of Unmanned Aerial systems (UAS) to overcome the notorious shortage of AED. Exploiting the full potential of airborne AED delivery would mandate 24 h UAS operability. However, current systems have not been evaluated for nighttime use. The primary goal of our study was to evaluate the feasibility of night-time AED delivery by UAS. The secondary goal was to obtain and compare operational and safety data of night versus day missions.
METHODS
We scheduled two (one day, one night) flights each to ten different locations to assess the feasibility of AED delivery by UAS during night-time. We also compared operational data (mission timings) and safety data (incidence of critical events) of night versus day missions.
RESULTS
All missions were completed without safety incident. The flights were performed automatically without pilot interventions, apart from manually choosing the landing site and correcting the descent. Flight distances ranged from 910 m to 6.960 m, corresponding mission times from alert to AED release between 3:48 min and 11:20 min. Night missions (T¯
CONCLUSIONS
Our results demonstrate the feasibility of UAS supported AED delivery during nighttime. Operational and safety data indicate no major differences between day- and night-time use. Future research should focus on integration of drone technology into the chain of survival.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36791989
pii: S0300-9572(23)00047-3
doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109734
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
109734Informations de copyright
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