N.C. county demos AED delivery by drone during simulated emergency [Video]

By Bill CareyEMS1

FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office showcased their new AED drone at a demonstration event.

The drone is designed to deliver life-saving devices to emergency scenes before first responders can arrive, WFMY reported.

“In some of the rural parts of Forsyth County, the response time for even fire might be very long,” Forsyth County Emergency Services Medical Director Stephen Powell said. “It might be something closer to 12 to 14 minutes and that’s just because of some of the geographic limitations of living in a rural part of the county and that’s specifically where we can deliver a drone quickly to their home where most cardiac arrests occur and that’s where this can be really beneficial to our county.”

At a demonstration by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, the effectiveness of their new drone was tested through a simulation.

The drone took off from one location, flew to a …