Drones in action: Rescue from the air for hikers in Carinthia!

Drones in action: Rescue from the air for hikers in Carinthia!

A pioneering research project by the University of Klagenfurt and the Medical University of Graz aims to significantly improve life rescue in remote areas. In a recently carried out test in the idyllic Bodental, it was simulated how important every moment is in an emergency. A drone, equipped with a life -saving defibrillator, started a two -kilometer flight to a hypothetical patient to provide quick help. According to Christian Wankmüller from the Red Cross, an earlier study has already been found that the use of this drone is significantly faster compared to the helicopter and that the survival rate can increase from 50 to 70 percent, said Carinthia.Of.

technical progress and future applications

The project also includes cooperation with Italian partners in order to further optimize the drone technology. Wankmüller explained that the transportation of patients is now also being examined by means of a drone. Not only should the defibrillators be able to arrive faster in the patients, but they can also be transported faster from difficult accessible areas. In Carinthia 195 are currently available in publicly accessible defibrillators in the system of the rescue control center, but the Red Cross points out that not all locations are reported.

The developments in this technology are promising, but due to legal framework conditions, they also encounter hurdles that could delay the implementation. While the corresponding permits for the defibrillator drone will be expected in a few years, the use for patient transport could be long in coming, as krone.at reported. The hope remains that these innovative aids can actually be used within the next five to ten years in order to enable life -saving measures faster, especially in mountains such as Carinthia.