Generalistic Assessment of Medical Drone Potential in Urban Environments

Watch a 24-minute conference talk exploring the potential impact of medical drones in urban environments, focusing on a simulation study conducted in the Stavanger metropolitan region. Learn about the comparative analysis between ambulance and drone transport times for medical services, where findings indicate that 80% of operations could see transport time reductions of up to 10 minutes using drones, with weather and traffic-dependent variations of +/- 4 minutes. Discover how certain cases demonstrated even more dramatic improvements, with some scenarios showing time reductions of up to 20 minutes, and exceptional cases achieving up to 60-minute improvements. Examine how the currently underutilized lower urban airspace could be leveraged for medical applications, particularly in first medical response scenarios where drones have shown promising cost and response time benefits, though further scientific validation is still needed for urban applications.