Somebody is very lucky. This thing wouldn't survive a brush with a bird. A crosswind would send it to the trees.

@Eddie.
I've seen a quadro-copter fly, and I can tell you that it is extremely stable. Some of the fancy ones even use GPS to keep them that much more stable. I'd suggest you look into them more.
I'm not sure how much one of these units costs, but it sure seems a lot cheaper and easier than sending out a full-blown chopper.

@Eddie, you're probably not familiar with the stability and precision of Draganflyers. With a trained pilot operating the flyer there is little chance of losing signal connection to a drone or being at significant risk of losing control. I also imagine the chances of being hit by a bird are very low - what animal would fly straight towards the big square shaped buzzing thing in the sky?

For reasons of range I prefer fixed wing but stable hovering is useful. The flying ambulance should have had FLIR as well.

As others have mentioned quadro-copters are very stable, they have all sorts of complex algorithms and gyroscopes that can keep them relatively stable even in high sustained winds or gusts. Also there arn't a whole lot of birds flying at night, and bats definitely wouldn't hit it.
This guy is still very lucky to have been found, its hard not judge this guy when he gets in an accident then walks 2km south away from his car where cops go looking for him, without any cold weather gear on, then gets lost. Lucky for him he made that last call for them to triangulate on him. I'm glad he's ok though.
It is good to see a UAV finally being used successively in search and rescue. I like to see how fast technology goes from the point where it starts being developed untill it's being utilized by everyday people and organisations.

Article says "GPS coordinates of his phone were triangulated." Meaning what? GPS coordinates give a location, close enough for an eyeball search. "Triangulated" means to locate from data giving three directional or range values. If RCMP had had GPS data, they would not have needed the drone, so I would guess the reference to GPS is spurious.

Eddie's comments about the Draganfly being so fragile are simply wrong.
It is a very stable and sturdy UAV, not affected by normal cross-winds.

I'm Way more interested in the FLIR.... sounds almost like it could be highly illegal in non military/Law-inforcement hands...

re; Michiel Mitchell
Why would an infrared camera be illegal? They have many uses.

Considering how inaccurately my smart phone sometimes "pinpoints" my location, especially in remote areas where signal is sparse, this man was certainly lucky to be found, and that he had a cell phone signal at all. As one of the commenters stated, "triangulate" is probably not the correct word for what the cell phone signal provided, more likely it was only provided a general area to search. With the help of the drone the heat signature was spotted. All in all it was a great rescue. They need one of these things where I live, people are always getting lost in the mountains and are often searched for on foot, which is very time-consuming, resource intense and not always timely to save a lost person. Perhaps if these drones ever become reasonably priced and widely available, more search and rescue organizations can have access to them.