Defibrillator Delivery by Drone May Cut Response Time Saving Lives and Brain Function after Cardiac Arrest

Drones are being used for everything from delivery of pizza and purchases from Amazon to providing temporary internet service in remote areas, use in oil fields and offshore drilling rigs, managing traffic in the UK, and catching rhino poachers in Africa. The military has many used for drones such as collecting intelligence, although military uses are closely guarded technology. Now the delivery by drone of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in remote areas may cut response time, saving lives and brain function after a cardiac arrest.