Ambulance Drones
12-Dec-2014
Editors Desk



Ambulance Drone
Speeding up emergency medical response can prevent deaths and accelerate recovery dramatically. Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and ACLS medications are compact enough to be carried by a drone. The main reason for this high number of deaths after cardiac arrest is the relatively slow response time of emergency services (10 minutes). Brain death and permanent death start to occur in just 4 to 6 minutes.

With the Ambulance Drone, it is possible to deliver defibrillation to any patient in a 12 square kilometer area within 1 minute. At that speed, survival rates can be as high as 80%. Secondly, the incorporation of a two-way, video supported, communication channel in the drone between 112 operators and the first responders will improve first care. Successful AED usage by lay-persons is currently at 20%. With personalized instructions and communication on the Ambulance Drone, this can be increased to 90%.

In short, the Ambulance Drone helps to save lives by extending existing emergency infrastructure with a network of fast and compact UAVs capable of bringing emergency supplies and establishing communication, anywhere.

Alec Momont
Design Engineer
Netherlands

Above extract taken from Drones for Good
More details - Ambulance Drone Facebook Page

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14 years imprisonment for assault on healthcare staff in Queensland
24-Nov-2014
Editors Desk


The Queensland government has decided to stamp out violence fuelled by drugs and alcohol using their Safe Night Out Strategy. Under its law, the maximum sentence for serious assault on a nurse, doctor or ambulance officer is 14 years! This is just what India needs right now.

Download PDF - Safe Night Out Strategy - June 2014
Website - Safe Night Out at Work













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The Week publishes cover story on Emergency Medicine in India
23-Nov-2014
Editors Desk

Mainstream magazines usually do not care about emergency medicine specialty in India, but this magazine did it.
Very nice article on emergency care in India. Get your copy today from the stands. The Week - November 30th Issue.

Official website - The Week



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What is Emergency Medicine - Dr S V Mahadevan from Stanford Connects
20-Nov-2014
Editors Desk

In the event of emergencies, Americans are quick to dial 911 and an efficient, dependable system goes into motion. In developing countries, this concept of emergency care doesn't exist.
Professor S.V. Mahadevan shares important early interventions that can be made in the chain of survival and some of his ongoing work to improve emergency care in Nepal, India and Cambodia.

From
STANFORD CONNECTS, Stanford University, California USA
Stanford Connects

(If the video does not load, click here What is Emergency Medicine and How is it Important - Stanford Connects)

New Institutes Start MD-Emergency Medicine
20-Oct-2014
Editors Desk









The Postgraduate Education Committee of the Medical Council of India approved starting the 3 year MD-Emergency Medicine postgraduate training at six new medical colleges this year. The new colleges are listed below:

- Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati - 2 seats
- JSS Medical College, Mysore - 2 seats
- DY Patil Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Pimpri, Pune - 2 seats
- MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore - 2 seats
- Government Medical College, Surat - 2 seat
- JJM Medical College, Davangere - 3 seats

With these new seats, the total number of MD (EM) seats in India is now 50.

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Related - MD Emergency Medicine (MCI Recognised)

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