There are now airborne drones that carry defibrillators around with them, to help revive people stricken by cardiac arrests.
In fact, the drones can actually help people far more quickly than ambulances can, a new study finds.
Swedish researchers found that drones launched from a local fire station arrived within about five minutes at the homes of 18 people who had experienced cardiac arrests — almost 17 minutes faster on average than ambulances.
Heart attacks result from blockages in blood flow to the heart. Cardiac arrests are caused by disturbances in the heart’s electrical rhythm, which impede blood flow or stop the heart altogether.
In the US alone, most cardiac arrests happen outside the hospital, and sadly the overwhelming majority of these patients do not survive.
There is hope that these new medical aiding drones could help save some of these lives.
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