Emergencies
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In search of a new niche market, startup Jump Aero wants to use eVTOL aircraft to ferry first responders to emergencies at speeds of up to 200 mph. The goal is not only to deliver responders quickly, but also to allow them to land on suburban roads.
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It can certainly be a rattling experience for drivers, when they suddenly realize that the sound of an emergency vehicle's siren is coming from someplace nearby. Cerence's EVD system is designed to help, by hearing sirens before drivers do.
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When first responders are tending to accident victims with lacerations, one of their primary goals is to control the bleeding. It may someday be possible for them to do so more effectively than ever, by injecting patients with a magnetic fluid.
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Doctors in the south of the UK can now run through virtual reality simulations of emergency care for folks suffering from Type 1 diabetes, before applying what they've learned on real patients.
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When firefighters arrive at a house fire, it's crucial that they know the location of people who may need their help the most. The LED- and laser-equipped Beam Ready BR-1000H is designed with that in mind, and it's just hit Kickstarter.
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It may look like a discarded piece of plumbing or a message in a bottle bobbing about aimlessly in the river, but Queensland University of Technology's humble "Drifter" hides some serious kit with a lifesaving mission for flood-prone regions.
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In order to have their vital signs continuously monitored, patients in emergency rooms have to be hooked up to a variety of sensors – this makes it awkward for them to move around. Soon, however, all those machines could be replaced by one small electronic patch that adheres to their chest.
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At any mass-casualty incident, triage is of the utmost importance – prioritizing which victims are treated first, based on the severity of their injuries. Developed by scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the RescueWave system is designed to make the process much more efficient.
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Honda released its clumsily named Lib-AID E500 onto the domestic Japanese market this month without much fanfare. It's like the power bank you might carry for your smartphone, except bigger, with more power capacity, and it can deliver AC power for devices you only use via a wall socket.
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When someone has a cardiac arrest, their chance of survival decreases by 10 percent for every minute that passes before they receive treatment. That's why an app has been created, that finds civilians who are trained in CPR and gets them to the location of cardiac arrest victims.
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With emergency services and disaster response teams reliant on the latest data, a traffic jam on the information superhighway can be fatal. Researchers have come up with a kind of internet express lane that would allow emergency responders to circumvent any digital roadblocks.
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Looking to rule out the possibility of blood samples spoiling when being transported by drone, scientists have loaded the aircraft up with blood bags and closely monitored their makeup before and after the journey, finding that the flight had no observable impact on the quality of the goods.
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