无人机在医疗方面的应用

小白老师说：在突发性疾病或者灾难救援中，时间是最宝贵的资源，尤其是最初的几分钟决定了是否能够控制情况不再恶化。所以说提高医疗急救的应激反应速度，对于紧急的心脏病突发、溺水、外伤和呼吸系统问题来说是至关重要的。

救护无人机的功能能够和救生技术，如自动体外除颤器、心肺复苏术很好的贴合。

我们先来了解一些相关的词汇********▼************

drone 无人机

defibrillator 除颤仪

cardiac arrest 心脏骤停

prototype 样品

fatalities 死亡

propellers 螺旋桨

paramedic 急救人员

on-board camera 机载摄像机

applauded 赞同，称赞

荷兰代夫特科技大学的工程师Alex Momont发明了一项机载除颤器输送系统，也就是心脏急救飞行器，名为Ambulance Drone（救护无人机），能够在几分钟内快速的到达任何目的地 ▼

从宣传视频中可以看出，医疗技术人员通过网络和手机操控Ambulance Drone的行动，将急救药品送到病人所在的位置。虽然说目前没有具体的数据能够证明该设备的实际效率，但是相信这绝对一款“救命的”好产品。

不过Ambulance Drone的正式上市仍需要“艰难地”通过航空局的重重审查。法律法规应该变得更“讲人情些”，对于此类的医疗用途无人机提供绿色通道。

下面我们来看一则来自AFP（Agence France Presse 法新社）关于急救无人机的报道**********▼**********

The Hague (AFP) - A Dutch-based student on Tuesday unveiled a prototype（样品） of an “ambulance drone”, a flying defibrillator （除颤仪）able to reach heart attack victims within precious life-saving minutes.

Developed by Belgian engineering graduate Alec Momont, it can fly at speeds of up to 100 kilometres per hour (60 miles per hour).

“Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest （心脏骤停）in the European Union every year and only 8.0 percent survive,” Momont, 23, said at the TU Delft University.

“The main reason for this is the relatively long response time of emergency services of around 10 minutes, while brain death and fatalities （死亡）occur with four to six minutes,” he said in a statement.

“The ambulance drone can get a defibrillator to a patient within a 12 square kilometre (4.6 square miles) zone within a minute, reducing the chance of survival from 8 percent to 80 percent.”

Painted in emergency services yellow and driven by six propellers（螺旋桨）, the drone can carry a four kilogramme load – in this case a defibrillator.

It tracks emergency mobile calls and uses the GPS to navigate（导航）.

Once at the scene, an operator, like a paramedic（急救人员）, can watch, talk and instruct those helping the victim by using an on-board camera （机载摄像机）connected to a control room via a livestream webcam.

The prototype has already attracted the interest of emergency services including that of Amsterdam, the Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad said.

The Dutch Heart Foundation also applauded（称赞） the idea, the newspaper added.

Momont however wants his drone to become a “flying medical toolbox” able to carry an oxygen mask to a person trapped in a fire or an insulin （胰岛素））injection to a diabetes sufferer.

However, the drone is still in its infancy as far as developing its steeri****ng （操纵，驾驶）mechanism and legal issues regarding its use are concerned, Momont said.

He said he hopes to have an operational emergency drone network across the Netherlands in five years.

The drone is expected to cost around 15,000 euros ($19,000) each.

“I hope it will save hundreds of lives in the next five years,” Momont said.