Becker's Healthcare April 24, 2024
Erica Carbajal

Beginning May 1, Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital will use drones to deliver critical equipment to certain 911 callers in Manatee County.

As part of a new program, the academic health system has collaborated with the county and Archer First Response Systems, or ArcherFRS, to deliver life-saving equipment via drones to 911 callers in the coverage area.

When a person calls 911 with reports of cardiac arrest, opioid overdose or trauma, a drone carrying an automated external defibrillator, Narcan nasal spray and a tourniquet will be dispatched. The drones...

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