Medical drone launches in Borås – delivering defibrillators in under three minutes

The Västra Götaland Region (VGR) is strengthening emergency healthcare in Borås with medical drones from healthtech company Everdrone. The drone is dispatched in response to emergency calls and delivers defibrillators while awaiting ambulance arrival. The new base was inaugurated on April 29 and will become operational in early May.

“The base in Borås has been strategically located based on analysis of population density, previous emergency incidents, and airspace availability”, says Daniel Blecher, Head of Customer Operations at Everdrone.

Everdrone’s drone system significantly reduces response times in cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The new drone base at the service office in Pantängen will be able to reach approximately 63,000 residents, bringing the total coverage of Everdrone’s system to around 300,000 residents in the Västra Götaland Region.

“In cases of cardiac arrest, immediate cardiopulmonary resuscitation and access to a defibrillator are critical for survival – every minute counts. While waiting for an ambulance, Everdrone’s new drone can arrive in under three minutes carrying a defibrillator”, says Magnus Hallberg von Geijer, COO at Everdrone.

The Borås base will be the fourth to deploy Everdrone’s new-generation drone (E3). The City of Borås hosted a press demonstration of the drone system on April 29. The project is led by the Västra Götaland Region in collaboration with Karolinska Institutet and Everdrone.

The drone system consists of Everdrone’s new-generation medical drone, E3, which offers significantly improved performance compared to its predecessor. It flies faster and farther and is designed for the Nordic climate, capable of operating in cold, snow, rain, and wind.