Table 1 Potential of an UAV system for delivery of an AED in OHCA
From: Unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest
Urban, 50/50 weighting | UAV, simulated maximum delay (min) | EMS, delay (min)b | UAV before EMS (min)b | UAV before EMS (%) |
Location #: | ||||
1 (471,1122)a | 8,5 | 8,5 (0–93) | 0 | 30 % |
2 (368,864) | 8,5 | - | - | 30 % |
3 (250,710) | 8,5 | 8 (0–93) | - 0,5 | 26 % |
4 (323, 621) | 8,5 | 9 (1–77) | 0,5 | 34 % |
5 (359,589) | 8,5 | 9 (0–93) | 0,5 | 39 % |
6 (293,366) | 8,5 | 10 (0–86) | 1,5 | 44 % |
7 (5,0) | 8,5 | 31 (14–44) | 22,5 | 100 % |
8 (12,0) | 8,5 | 24 (13–46) | 15,5 | 100 % |
9 (3,0) | 8,5 | 32 (18–43) | 23,5 | 100 % |
10 (454,1095) | 8,5 | 8 (0–76) | - 0,5 | 29 % |
Total, (2538,5367) | 32 % | |||
Rural, 80/20 weighting | UAV, simulated maximum delay (min) | EMS, delay (min) b | UAV timesaving (min) | UAV before EMS (%) |
Location #: | ||||
1 (5,0) | 8,5 | 31 (14–44) | 22,5 | 100 % |
2 (3,0) | 8,5 | - | - | - |
3 (12,0) | 8,5 | 29 (13–46) | 20,5 | 100 % |
4 (21,0) | 8,5 | 29 (19–43) | 20,5 | 100 % |
5 (14,1) | 8,5 | 30 (11–81) | 21,5 | 93 % |
6 (23,1) | 8,5 | 21 (11–62) | 12,5 | 96 % |
7 (4,1) | 8,5 | 23 (9–40) | 14,5 | 80 % |
8 (3,0) | 8,5 | 38 (6–82) | 29,5 | 100 % |
9 (15,1) | 8,5 | 23 (5–41) | 14,5 | 94 % |
10 (24,6) | 8,5 | 20 (3–54) | 11,5 | 80 % |
Total, (124,10) | 93 % | |||