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Developing and Testing Drone-Delivered AEDs for Cardiac Arrests In Rural America

Sponsor: Duke University • ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06229418

Registry updated: 2026-10-01

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Description

The overall goal of this project is to design, develop, and pilot test an emergency healthcare drone delivery system suitable for rural communities that can deliver AEDs to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) locations more rapidly than can be achieved with current first responder and EMS systems. The goal is to determine whether this method of AED delivery can be achieved rapidly enough to justify a future clinical trial directly testing its ability to improve OHCA survival.

Interventions

DFR AED Pilot Program (Other)
Integrate AED drone delivery into an existing FAA-approved drone-as-first-responder programs

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients 18 years of age or older in the CARES registry who suffer cardiac arrest before arrival of a 911-responder of non-traumatic cause, including patients who receive an AED shock by a bystander prior to the arrival of 911 responders. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients in the CARES registry who have a traumatic cause of cardiac arrest.

Conditions

Cardiac Arrest Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Locations

Forsyth County — Clemmons, North Carolina, United States

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