TORONTO, July 6, 2020 /CNW/ - Drone Delivery Canada
Corp. (TSXV: FLT) (OTC: TAKOF) (Frankfurt: A2AMGZ or ABB.F) (the "Company" or
"DDC") is pleased to announce that on June
26th, 2020 it successfully completed Phase Two of
its AED (Automated External Defibrillator) On The Fly project with
Peel Region Paramedics and Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital
Medicine. Building on the success of Phase One of the study, the
Company was able to demonstrate ease of use of its AED drone
solution when provided to community responders in a simulated
cardiac arrest scenario. The testing further validates that
using DDC's proprietary drone delivery platform with cargo
drop functionality to deliver rapid first responder technology via
drone may reduce response time to cardiac arrest patients in the
field while being utilized by lay responders.
On June 26th, 2019, the
Company had announced a 100% successful Phase One of the project.
Phase Two utilized the Sparrow, with the new cargo drop
capability and a new audio announcement system, to drop an AED
where a designated lay bystander would then retrieve the AED and
apply it to a simulated cardiac arrest patient in a rural
environment. Multiple pairs of lay bystanders and simulated
cardiac arrest patients in multiple locations were used to test the
AED drone solution. Response time to drop, retrieve and apply
an AED, and physiological and psychological human factors in a
stressful situation were measured during the testing.
"This partnership between DDC, Peel Regional Paramedic Services
and Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine is groundbreaking.
This innovative program utilizes DDC's proprietary drone logistics
platform to deliver rapid first responder technology via DDC's
Sparrow drone with the goal to reduce response time and potentially
save lives. The Company thanks all participants and funders,"
commented Michael Zahra, President
& CEO of Drone Delivery Canada.
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes, an Associate
Professor at the Department of Family and Community Medicine,
University of Toronto and the Principal
Investigator of the 'AED on the Fly' Pilot Research program
commented, "Phase Two of our research was truly a success. Our
previous research within our rural community suggested the need to
optimize the simplicity of AED use once delivered by a drone to the
site of a cardiac arrest. Today we were able to markedly improve
the speed of drone descent, the ability to accurately drop a
protected AED from a drone at a safe height but most importantly
see first-hand the benefits of technology that guides the first
responder through the application of an AED after being released by
the drone in a simulated cardiac arrest scenario. All these factors
strengthen the likelihood that not only may drones decrease time to
first AED shock in rural and remote communities but the fear of AED
use can be minimized by 'real time' interaction between a first
responder and trained personnel demystifying the use of AEDs during
cardiac arrest. After today's test flights it will not take long to
see drones as part of an organized 911 response to cardiac arrest
in rural communities. We are thankful to our grant funders the
Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada (CANet) and Zoll Medical Inc.
(Chelmsford, Massachusetts) for
their support of this project."
Press Release on "AED on the Fly" Phase
One:
https://dronedeliverycanada.com/resources/drone-delivery-canada-successfully-completes-phase-one-of-aed-on-the-fly-pilot-with-peel-region-paramedics/
About Drone Delivery Canada Corp.
Drone Delivery
Canada Corp. is a drone technology company focused on the design,
development, and implementation of its proprietary logistics
software platform, using drones. The Company's platform will be
used as a Software as a Service (SaaS) model for government and
corporate organizations globally.
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is a publicly listed company trading
on the TSX.V Exchange under the symbol FLT, on the U.S. OTC Q B
market under the symbol TAKOF, and on the Frankfurt exchange under the symbol A2AMGZ or
ABB.F.
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