Open AccessDrone versus ground delivery of simulated blood products to an urban trauma center: The Montreal Medi-Drone pilot study
Author(s) -
Valérie Homier,
Danny Brouard,
Michael Nolan,
Marie-Andrée Roy,
P. Pelletier,
M. McDonald,
François de Champlain,
Elene Khalil,
Frederic Grou-Boileau,
Richard Fleet
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002961
Subject(s) - drone , environmental science , blood collection , medicine , blood product , trauma center , surgery , emergency medicine , biology , genetics , retrospective cohort study
Timely and safe distribution of quality blood products is a major challenge faced by blood banks around the world. Our primary objective was to determine if simulated blood product delivery to an urban trauma center would be more rapidly achieved by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) than by ground transportation. A secondary objective was to determine the feasibility of maintaining simulated blood product temperatures within a targeted range.