This cutting-edge full-day workshop, will be presented by industry-leading drone consulting, education and implementation group, Sundance Media Group (SMG), and feature Douglas Spotted Eagle of SMG and Andreas Claesson, an award-winning drone researcher and implementation specialist from Stockholm, Sweden. Each will provide you with the education you need to explore and move into the new world of drones/UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for public safety purposes.
This special workshop will also introduce you to the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) which can help make important choices and enable personnel to get to the appropriate response faster and be more accurate in their diagnosis, since the AI can find causality where humans cannot; seamlessly validating information in the background as every call develops.
The workshop will begin with a solid overview of current drone/UAV regulations and requirements in the United States, including:
- Regulatory requirements (107 Certification, COA’s & Waivers)
- Best practices of implementing UAV as a tool (Aircraft, Accessories, intent of UAV as a tool, etc.)
- Identifying and Mitigating Risk in UAV Operations
The workshop will then move into actual applications underway that delivery AEDs and other medical supplies to hard-to-serve and remote areas; use of drones (tethered and free-flying) for overhead command/control/surveillance/reconnaissance/lighting; use of thermal imagery cameras to find survivors at disaster scenes and MCIs, particular at nighttime or remote incidents; delivery of personal flotation devices to swimmers in distress – well before the arrival of a rescue swimmer; and geo-locate (via altimeter and geographic mean) firefighters and other responders trapped in high-rise fires.
Futuristic applications such as the resupply of EMS units or delivery of essential supplies to firefighters and law enforcement officers under adverse conditions via drones, and other applications, will also be discussed.
Andreas Claesson, PhD, RN, EMT-P, will present his award-winning work in the research and development of UAV use to deliver drones in Sweden to facilitate early defibrillation in out-of-hospital-cardiac-arrest (OHCA). His epic work has evaluated a system that uses geographical information system (GIS)-models.
By weighing the EMS-response time and the incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in rural parts of Stockholm county areas presenting with a prolonged EMS response time (>20 minutes) were identified. These primarily coastal areas are heavily inhabited during summer vacations and had about 0% survival. GIS models showed a potential of drone-delivered AED with a timesaving of 19 minutes.
When matching these areas with existing infrastructure in terms of EMS/fire, sea rescue stations, airports and restricted areas regarding aviation legislation specific points for installation of drone systems were found.
Beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flights were performed in October 2016 to historical OHCAs showing a mean reduction in arrival time of 16 minutes as compared to EMS ground response. Upon dispatch, a drone was able to be launched in just 3 seconds to GPS-coordinates sent to them. The drone then flew predefined flight-routes over un-populated areas (acres, waterways etc.) to the target area.
Dr. Claesson will also discuss the use of drones in cardiac arrest due to drowning which has also been tested in simulated settings. When sending live-video feed from an UAV at a major beach in Sweden from 60 meters altitude - to a tablet, victims could be located very early.
He will also present how the first drones for search and rescue purposes were implemented in Scandinavia in June 2017 at Tylös and surf-lifesaving club, providing situational awareness and the early delivery of flotation devices to drowning victims - dropping self-inflatable buoys to swimmers in distress.
SMG will then present several public safety UAV Applications:
- Dropping Flotation Devices
- Dropping Survival Gear (e.g. to hikers)
- User of tethered drones
- Finding Alzheimer patients who wear special wristbands
Use of Artificial Intelligence
A special lecture on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) will then be presented by Andreas Cleve, CEO of Corti.ai, based out of Copenhagen Denmark and San Francisco. Corti has been working with Copenhagen EMS and other clients to bring Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Speech Recognition(ASR) to EMS dispatch centers, operations and field diagnosis.
He will present on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can now equip people and public institutions to better handle imperative problems by converting “conversations” and turning a massive amount of stored/absorb data into actionable insights that advances the art of decision-making, seamlessly.
Corti's technology listens in when the dispatch center receives a call and helps the agent find the right response in a matter of questions by analyzing critical information being presented to dispatchers along with paramedic findings, patient history or patterns across different calls.
Hands on Demonstrations:
Douglas Spotted Eagle and Andreas Claesson will introduce attendees to state-of-the-art Unmanned Aerial Vehicles currently available and show how easily and effectively they can be utilized by public safety personnel.
Cost for this course is $250.00. To register, click here.