Paramedics in manned drones to save more lives

With the new technology, it is Falck’s ambition to save and improve lives among critically ill and injured patients. At the same time, the company sees perspective in the ability to respond with a single paramedic, who can assess whether an ambulance is needed.

Therefore, Falck is initiating its first test flights with unmanned drones and is working on establishing a partnership with a tech-partner with whom the company can carry out manned drone flights.

The drone flying paramedics is one of several initiatives from Falck which will set the standard for how emergency medical services will look just ten years from now.

Falck continues the cooperation on health drones

Falck has united the drone development and innovation initiatives under one project called “Vertical” and we’ll continue to develop and implement new solutions within emergency response that improve and save lives.

Since 2018, Falck has been part of the innovation project “HealthDrones” -  a three-year innovation project funded by Innovation Fund Denmark. In partnership with with Holo, Unifly, SA Group, Odense University Hospital and University of Southern Denmark. The project investigates how drones may be used for transportation of e.g. blood samples and medical equipment.

With Falck’s new and bigger ambition, the company will now also carry out its own flights. The goal is to gain experience with drones manned with e.g. paramedics. The existing cooperation with HealthDrones continues until 2022.

Falck expects to carry out the manned drone flights in cooperation with customers in either Denmark or abroad. Several customers have already expressed their interest. Falck expects to cooperate with one or more customers where the existing emergency medical services are at a high level and where customers’ readiness for development is high.