'Ambulance drone' prototype unveiled in Holland

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'Ambulance drone' prototype unveiled in Holland

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ambulance-drone-prototype-unveiled-holland-190813697.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Xjxz1MAnJ3WnCkRhlqatAw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8014344-1-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman gives a demonstration of an ambulance drone with a built in defibrillator at the campus of the Delft Technical University in Delft, Netherlands, on October 28, 2014" align="left" title="A woman gives a demonstration of an ambulance drone with a built in defibrillator at the campus of the Delft Technical University in Delft, Netherlands, on October 28, 2014" border="0" /></a>A Dutch-based student on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of an &quot;ambulance drone&quot;, a flying defibrillator 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). &quot;Around 800,000 people suffer a cardiac arrest in the European Union every year and only 8.0 percent survive,&quot; Momont, 23, said at the TU Delft University. &quot;The main reason for this is the relatively long response time of emergency services of around 10 minutes, while brain death and fatalities occur with four to six minutes,&quot; he said in a statement.</p><br clear="all"/>

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