Medical Drone Saves First Heart Attack Patient in Sweden

The 71-year-old man had a heart attack while shoveling snow, and the drone flew a defibrillator to the site before an ambulance could arrive. Luckily, one of the bystanders was a doctor on his way to work, and he used the AED and provided CPR to save the man’s life. The drone was developed with the Center for Resuscitation Science at the Karolinska Institutet, SOS Alarm, and Region Västra Götaland. In their pilot study, 14 heart attack alerts were eligible for drones. In 12 of those cases, drones were deployed, and seven of them arrived before ambulances.