Rescue on the streets of Iraq: What’s faster? A drone or ambulance?
In Iraq, they tested what can be done faster first aid. Drone or ambulance?
Researchers from Iraq and Australia wanted to know what could be faster on the job: drone or ambulance. This was a test in the Iraq in which an elderly person has fallen. A drone, according to the results, was 90 to 120 seconds quicker than the ambulance.
The test project was led by Javaan Chahl, professor of sensor systems at the University of South Australia, who worked in cooperation with the Middle Technical University in Baghdad, Iraq.
The drone was remotely controlled and carried a first aid kit to the scene of the accident. However, the concept implies that a person could help on the ground. It could also be a defibrillator or equivalent drugs his. In addition, a device is being developed to monitor a fall that monitors the heartbeat. It’s called Fall Detection Device (FDD) and detects the accident to 99 percent. It is with one GPS equipped and informs a caregiver.
For the now carried out test people were instructed to pretend difficult to reach points in Erbil a fall. Drone and ambulance were informed at the same time. The drone usually arrived over a minute earlier. Seconds can decide about life and death, for example, if that is heart beats or not.
Now you want to work on an automatic transmission of the drones. It should robot be used. With it you want to be three times as fast as the ambulance.
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