TORONTO, June 26, 2019 /CNW/ - Drone Delivery
Canada 'DDC or the Company' (TSX.V:FLT, OTC – NASDAQ
INTL:TAKOF), is pleased to announce that it has successfully
completed phase one of its AED (automated external defibrillator)
On The Fly Pilot with Peel Region Paramedics and achieved 100%
success rate concluding that utilizing DDC's proprietary drone
delivery platform to enable rapid first responder technology via
drone produces reduced response time
The Pilot was to determine the effectiveness of delivery of an
AED via drone versus a traditional ambulance. To determine this,
phase one of the Pilot consisted of simulating 911 emergency calls
in the Township of Caledon in the
Region of Peel dispatching DDC's Sparrow drone equipped with
specialized first responder payload that included an automated
external defibrillator. The delivery time of the drone was then
compared against the traditional dispatching of first responder
paramedics. Several staged 911 calls were then executed and, in all
cases, DDC's Sparrow drone arrived on-site ahead of the traditional
first responder vehicles. DDC's Sparrow was able to reduce
response times on all calls making the pilot a great success.
"This partnership between DDC and Peel Regional Paramedic
Services is ground breaking. The program utilizes DDC's proprietary
drone delivery platform to enable rapid first responder technology
via drone with the goal to reduce response time and potentially
save lives. We look forward to the next phase to bring this
vertical closer to commercialization.", commented Michael Zahra, CEO of Drone Delivery Canada.
Dr. Sheldon Cheskes, Medical
Director at Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine and the
Principal Investigator of the AED on the Fly Pilot Research program
comments "Phase 1 of our research was an impressive success. We
were able to demonstrate that drone technology to deliver AED's for
cardiac arrest is not only feasible but has the potential to reduce
response times and improve outcomes from out-of-hospital cardiac
arrest." "We will continue to work with DDC to ensure a simple and
smooth transition from drone landing to bystander retrieval and use
of an AED moving forward."
The Company has released a video documenting the first phase
trials which is available at:
https://dronedeliverycanada.com/video-repository/
For more information, please visit
www.dronedeliverycanada.com
About Drone Delivery Canada
Drone Delivery Canada is a drone technology company focused on
the design, development and implementation of its proprietary
logistics software platform, using drones. The Company's platform
will be used as Software as a Service (SaaS) for government and
corporate organizations.
Drone Delivery Canada Corp. is a publicly listed company trading
on the TSX.V Exchange under the symbol FLT, on the U.S. OTC Q X
market with Nasdaq International Designation under the symbol TAKOF
and on the Frankfurt exchange in
Germany under the symbol
A2AMGZ.
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SOURCE Drone Delivery Canada