Drone-Based Telemedicine: A Brave but Necessary New World

Subbarao, Italo; Cooper, Guy Paul

doi:10.7556/jaoa.2015.143

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“…Studies have shown that automatic external defibrillator (AED) delivered by drones can reach individuals in cardiac arrest approximately 19 min faster than the emergency medical services (EMS), improving patient survival and recovery rates [2,3,10,12,18]. Drones are being used to expedite the process of getting biological samples for diagnostic purposes to laboratories, reducing risks of biological samples becoming non-viable in the process of transportation [8,11,14,23,24], and there are many potential uses of for drones for telemedicine are in expansion [1,25].…”

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Context-Specific Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethics of Drones for Healthcare Delivery in the Eyes of Program Managers and Field Staff: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study

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Meier³

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have significant potential in the healthcare field. Ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities of using drones for specific and diverse healthcare purposes have been minimally explored to date. This paper aims to document and advance awareness of diverse context-specific concerns, challenges, and complexities encountered by individuals working on the front lines of drones for health. It draws on original qualitative research and data from semi-structured interviews (N = 16) with drones for health program managers and field staff in nine countries. Directed thematic analysis was used to analyze interviews and identify key ethical and practical concerns, challenges, and complexities experienced by participants in their work with drones for health projects. While some concerns, challenges, and complexities described by study participants were more technical in nature, for example, those related to drone technology and approval processes, the majority were not. The bulk of context-specific concerns and challenges identified by participants, we propose, could be mitigated through community engagement initiatives.

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Context-Specific Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethics of Drones for Healthcare Delivery in the Eyes of Program Managers and Field Staff: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study

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Meier³

et al. 2020

Drones

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“…Так, например, в случае приступа инфаркта миокарда или остановки сердца счет идет на минуты, и вовремя оказанная доврачебная помощь сохранит жизнь больному. В медицинской сфере дроны могут быть использованы для доставки товаров медицинского назначения в труднодоступные сельские районы [1,2].…”

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İnformasiya Təhlükəsizliyinin Aktual Multidissiplinar Elmi-Praktiki Problemləri IV Respublika Konfransının Materialları

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“…Nonetheless, distance equates to unnecessary death and disability, where for example the majority of potentially preventable post-traumatic death occur before combatants can access formal medical care [ 1 ], or where challenges and poor outcomes in northern Canada have been described as “fourth-world” [ 2 ]. Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) or “Drones” are poised to revolutionize health care, especially prehospital care, and in the care of otherwise inaccessible patients [ 3 , 4 ]. RPASs have been shown capable of delivering blood products and medical supplies including autonomously functioning defibrillators [ 3 ].…”

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Pioneering Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (Drone) Delivery of a Remotely Telementored Ultrasound Capability for Self Diagnosis and Assessment of Vulnerable Populations—the Sky Is the Limit

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Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (RPAS) are poised to revolutionize healthcare in out-of-hospital settings, either from necessity or practicality, especially for remote locations. RPAS have been successfully used for surveillance, search and rescue, delivery, and equipping drones with telemedical capabilities being considered. However, we know of no previous consideration of RPAS-delivered tele-ultrasound capabilities. Of all imaging technologies, ultrasound is the most portable and capable of providing real-time point-of-care information regarding anatomy, physiology, and procedural guidance. Moreover, remotely guided ultrasound including self-performed has been a backbone of medical care on the International Space Station since construction. The TeleMentored Ultrasound Supported Medical Interventions Group of the University of Calgary partnered with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to demonstrate RPAS delivery of a smartphone-supported tele-ultrasound system by the SwissDrones SDO50 RPAS. Upon receipt of the sanitized probe, a completely ultrasound-naïve volunteer was guided by a remote expert located 100 km away using online video conferencing (Zoom), to conduct a self-performed lung ultrasound examination. It proved feasible for the volunteer to examine their anterior chest, sides, and lower back bilaterally, correlating with standard recommended examinations in trauma/critical care, including the critical locations of a detailed COVID-19 lung diagnosis/surveillance examination. We contend that drone-delivered telemedicine including a tele-ultrasound capability could be leveraged to enhance point-of-care diagnostic accuracy in catastrophic emergencies, and allow diagnostic capabilities to be delivered to vulnerable populations in remote locations for whom transport is impractical or undesirable, speeding response times, or obviating the risk of disease transmission depending on the circumstances. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10278-021-00475-w.

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Drone-Based Telemedicine: A Brave but Necessary New World

Cited by 7 publications

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Context-Specific Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethics of Drones for Healthcare Delivery in the Eyes of Program Managers and Field Staff: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study

Context-Specific Challenges, Opportunities, and Ethics of Drones for Healthcare Delivery in the Eyes of Program Managers and Field Staff: A Multi-Site Qualitative Study

Некоторые Вопросы Безопасности Применения Дронов

Pioneering Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems (Drone) Delivery of a Remotely Telementored Ultrasound Capability for Self Diagnosis and Assessment of Vulnerable Populations—the Sky Is the Limit

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