Automated external defibrillators delivered by drones to patients with suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Sofia Schierbeck, Jacob Hollenberg, Anette Nord, Leif Svensson, Per Nordberg, Mattias Ringh, Sune Forsberg, Peter Lundgren, Christer Axelsson, Andreas Claesson · 2022

abstract

Evaluates automated AED delivery during real suspected cardiac-arrest emergencies.

Delivery succeeded in 11 of 12 launches, with a time advantage when the drone arrived first.

A small early pilot; none of the delivered AEDs was attached to a patient, so survival benefit remains unproven.