The Defikopter is a UAV that can be activated by a smartphone app to automatically take to the skies and drop a defibrillator to medical personnel on the ground, shaving precious seconds from the time it takes to receive treatment for cardiac arrest.
The idea for the drone comes from Definetz, a non-profit group dedicated to preventing deaths due to heart failure.
via Defikopter drone air-drops a defibrillator to EMTs on the ground.
Interesting idea. Won’t work here in the Land o’ the Lawsuit.
chuckle….back in the early 1980s, we were informed that part of the testing of the LifePak V for USAF approval was to drop the test models from a helo 50 feet above a paved pad, and the LPV had to *work* after hitting the ground…