UAVs to reach faster than ambulances, save lives

These UAVs can take the first aid kits to places where the ambulance cannot reach. After a request is placed, the UAV will identify the location of the caller and can reach the destination using GPS. 

The vehicle can go faster than the ambulance and so has very high chances to save the life of the victims. The student team lead by S Samraj, who developed the UAV, told DTNext on Thursday that, when the call is placed informing an emergency, it will analyse the type of first aid needed and the ground control station will be given the location of the victim.

“The UAV will carry a first aid kit as a preliminary treatment process,” Samraj said. 

An electronic display device with videos will be attached to the vehicle to assist the victim in the first aid process. The team, which also included Linson P Johnson, Parvez Basha S, Ranjith and E Kumar, from Institute of Higher Education Research in Avadi, said that the UAV could go to places where an ambulance cannot reach, at a higher speed. As it can bypass the traffic, too, the UAV will reach the victim faster. “It (UAV) can lift a first aid kit up to eight kilogram,” the team said.  

Stating that the drone can move at a speed of 70 km per hour, a student said it could be handled by anyone without any technical knowledge. The team ensures that the vehicle has a user-friendly flight controller and digital instruction manual. 

Pointing out that the UAV is equipped with collision sensor, he added, “this project, which will be patented, will be further developed by reducing the weight and size of the vehicle.”