Research Article
Automated Drone Transportation System Incorporating Medical Emergency Supplies
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.14-5-2022.2318883, author={R. Uthirasamy and S. Dhanush Priyan and S. Abishek and N. Akash}, title={Automated Drone Transportation System Incorporating Medical Emergency Supplies}, proceedings={Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Technologies in Security and Privacy for Wireless Communication, ITSPWC 2022, 14-15 May 2022, Karur, Tamilnadu, India}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ITSPWC}, year={2022}, month={8}, keywords={medical drone automated transportation first aid treatment easy operation reduces the risk due to delay of the ambulance life-saving airway transportation}, doi={10.4108/eai.14-5-2022.2318883} }- R. Uthirasamy
S. Dhanush Priyan
S. Abishek
N. Akash
Year: 2022
Automated Drone Transportation System Incorporating Medical Emergency Supplies
ITSPWC
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.14-5-2022.2318883
Abstract
As the medical sector has seen a big advancement the awareness among people and government to have proper infrastructure and a supply chain has increased since Covid-19. The availability of drugs and transportation has a good supply chain but in the emergency, the delay in the availability of treatment is also a big concern. Once a big factor is the traffic congestion in the country and this leads to the delay in the transportation and causes several lives. Drone technological advancements may play a significant part in this system. As 30% of accident deaths and 50% of heart attack deaths are due to delays in treatment caused by traffic congestions and Ambulance cannot reach on time. The proposed drone in this project is designed in a way to carry the medicinal requirements for first aid treatment, can carry all types of blood components for blood transfusion, and is designed with a piece of special defibrillator equipment that can provide electric shocks and used to initially treat heart attack patients. The designed medical drone can provide the initial treatment by reaching them through airways as soon as possible and this initial treatment can prevent the patient from getting into critical conditions and get the valuable time to transport them to the hospital post the first aid treatment. The design and infrastructure of the model drone are made with advanced and lightweight components with a carrying capacity of 3-5kg so that the medical equipment can be carried.