{"id":57918,"date":"2017-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/blog\/more-than-just-fun-games-these-amazing-healthcare-drones-are-true-superheroes\/"},"modified":"2021-07-22T14:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T12:38:28","slug":"more-than-just-fun-games-these-amazing-healthcare-drones-are-true-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/more-than-just-fun-games-these-amazing-healthcare-drones-are-true-superheroes\/","title":{"rendered":"More than just fun &amp; games: these amazing healthcare drones are true superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bold-list\">\n<li>An ambulance drone flies to the rescue<\/li>\n<li>Drones deliver life-saving supplies in rural Africa<\/li>\n<li>Drones are leading the fight against malaria, too<\/li>\n<li>Autonomous drones may soon ferry organs for transplant surgeries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/keynote\/the-future-of-healthcare\/\">Drones<\/a> are everywhere. They\u2019re fast, cheap, and surprisingly strong, and everyone &#8211; from Amazon to Alibaba &#8211; is considering them for their delivery vehicles of the future. But their amazing abilities offer a lot more than same-day shipping. In the Netherlands, for instance, emergency services are exploring their potential to deliver emergency care in less than 60 seconds. In Africa, drones are already delivering life-saving blood and plasma to remote hospitals, reducing a four-hour journey to just minutes. There are plans to deploy them to help us fight the global killer malaria, and we may soon see them carrying the organs and the surgeons necessary to save lives!<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"More than just fun &amp; games: these amazing healthcare drones are true superheroes\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ADzWtaeSTwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>An ambulance drone flies to the rescue<\/h2>\n<p>In the EU alone, approximately 800,000 people suffer from heart attacks every year, and because emergency workers can\u2019t arrive soon enough, only eight per cent survive. To be clear, this isn\u2019t the fault of these hard-working first responders, who typically begin life-saving procedures ten minutes after they\u2019re called. Unfortunately, that\u2019s just not quick enough, as the catastrophic effects of blood loss to the brain can begin in only four. They\u2019d need to be able to fly to arrive on time.<\/p>\n<p>A Dutch engineer at TU Delft, Alec Momont, has just that in mind. He\u2019s designed an ambulance drone, powered by six rotors, reaching speeds of 100 km per hour. It carries an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) aids, and life-saving medication. Controlled by a team of pilots who are in constant contact with emergency workers, Momont says that his \u201cambulance drone can get a defibrillator to a patient within a 12 square kilometre zone within a minute, increasing the chance of survival from 8 percent to 80 percent.\u201d When the drone arrives, bystanders can use these automated tools to keep the victim alive until trained professionals can begin their work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32756\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32756 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/ambulance-drone-1024x505-1.jpg\" alt=\"A man lying unconscious on the ground while a woman is attaching the defibrillator to his chest\" width=\"800\" height=\"396\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the EU alone, approximately 800,000 people suffer from heart attacks every year, and because emergency workers can\u2019t arrive soon enough, only eight per cent survive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Drones deliver life-saving supplies in rural Africa<\/h2>\n<p>In parts of sub-Saharan Africa, infrastructure is poor. That can mean that badly injured patients wait hours for blood or plasma, stacking the odds against them. Whether we\u2019re talking about children suffering from malaria who desperately need a blood transfusion, mothers in need of blood after childbirth, or patients undergoing surgery, these supplies mean the difference between life and death &#8211; and every second counts.<\/p>\n<p>Renee Van de Weerdt, a senior tech advisor to the United Nations Population Fund, is optimistic about the future of drone service in underdeveloped areas. \u201cDrones not only overcome infrastructure challenges of poor roads, heavily forested areas or deserts, but can also slash the time needed to wait for life-saving medicines and other supplies,\u201d she says. \u201cThey help cut the costs of ground transport using cars, truck or motorbikes on a slow journey over rough terrain, as one drone can cover multiple journeys per day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zipline, an ambitious startup from Silicon Valley, has launched a pilot program in Rwanda. Technicians wait in a refrigerated room that stores these vital supplies. When an order arrives &#8211; \u201conline, by text, phone, or WhatsApp\u201d &#8211; they spring into action, launching a drone that delivers its payload by parachute to doctors waiting on the ground. What used to take three to four hours by car, now arrives in as little as fifteen minutes. To say that this is life-saving doesn\u2019t really communicate the difference it\u2019s making. Recently, when a young mother was dying after a C-section delivery, Zipline was able to supply the blood doctors needed to keep her alive. \u201cThat\u2019s not just her life,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/zipline-drone-delivery-tanzania\/\">explains<\/a> Zipline\u2019s founder and CEO, Keller Rinaudo, &#8220;that\u2019s a kid who has a mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Zipline drones airdrop medical supplies to African villages\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3AZF1TTDdEM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Drones are leading the fight against malaria, too<\/h2>\n<p>When you think about deadly animals, it\u2019s sharks, lions, snakes, and spiders that come to mind, not the humble mosquito. But these blood-sucking insects are in fact the real killers. Nearly half of the world&#8217;s population is at risk of malaria. In 2015 alone, there were roughly 212 million malaria cases and an estimated 429 000 malaria deaths.<\/p>\n<p>But drones are fighting back. WeRobotics, a company that specialises in drone tech, is helping the World Health Organisation (WHO) protect vulnerable people from mosquitos and the malaria they carry. Adam Klaptocz, WeRobotics\u2019 co-founder, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-42066518\">explains<\/a> that malaria is a huge problem in the most remote places. Klaptocz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-42066518\">notes<\/a>: &#8220;There are lots of methods to control mosquito populations &#8211; fumigation, insecticides &#8211; but they all have downsides. Insecticide is not good for the environment and needs to be constantly deployed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, WeRobotics devised an ingenious solution. By dropping millions of sterile male mosquitoes during mating season, they dramatically cut breeding, reducing the mosquito population without endangering other plants, animals, and insects. As Chris Foxx, a science reporter for the BBC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-42066518\">explains<\/a>, \u201cSterile male mosquitoes cannot produce offspring when they mate with females. By crowding out other males, they reduce the mosquito population.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32763\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32763\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32763 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/drones-fight-malaria.jpg\" alt=\" Man wearing a short-sleeve shirt holding a drone\" width=\"800\" height=\"506\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WeRobotics, a company that specialises in drone tech, is helping the World Health Organisation (WHO) protect vulnerable people from mosquitos and the malaria they carry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Autonomous drones may soon ferry organs &#8211; and doctors &#8211; for transplant surgeries<\/h2>\n<p>Organ donation is always a tricky situation. There are known shortages &#8211; in the US, more than 100,000 people are waiting for life-saving tissues. And every day, 20 people die because they don\u2019t arrive in time.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, this is a crisis driven by incompatibility. In other cases, it\u2019s a problem of supply. Often, it\u2019s a question of time &#8211; can the harvested organ be delivered to a waiting patient quickly enough to preserve its integrity? Lung Biotechnology, a company that researches cures for deadly lung diseases, is working together with Chinese drone manufacturer, EHang, to develop drones that can deliver organs from a hospital where they&#8217;re harvested to a waiting patient kilometers away. Known for its proposal to automate passenger drones, Derrick Xiong, EHang\u2019s co-founder, envisions a future in which autonomous drones speed the delivery of organs, and perhaps the surgeons who implant them as well. \u201cTogether we are transporting organs to patients who need immediate surgery, or to transport doctors to patients,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/forbes\/welcome\/?toURL=https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/pamelaambler\/2017\/07\/26\/human-tissue-may-be-chinese-drone-ehangs-most-popular-transport-item\/&amp;refURL=&amp;referrer=#5234b6a3c13c\">says<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These are incredible true stories of life-saving super drones. While we might think of drones as little more than fun-and-games or a cool new delivery service, in fact, they\u2019re healthcare superheroes, saving lives everyday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ambulance drone flies to the rescue Drones deliver life-saving supplies in rural Africa Drones are leading the fight against malaria, too Autonomous drones may soon ferry organs for transplant surgeries Drones are everywhere. 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