Peel Region councillors will hear a pitch later today from a doctor who wants to add a new component to their emergency response fleet: defibrillator-carrying drones.
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes, medical director at the Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine, said drones can beat fire trucks and ambulances to the scene of a cardiac arrest, and that could be a life-saving difference.
“Our research shows when we set up drones we can cut down response times six minutes in urban centres [and] almost 10 minutes in rural centres,” Cheskes said.
Full article at: CBC News