EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY
MediWing is a medical-use drone designed to carry and deliver the AED in public area
April - December 2023
In 2019, Heart Disease accounted for 23.65% of death cases in urban areas, which is the second leading cause of death nationwide
1.78M people die each year due to heart disease. And over time, nearly 90% of accidents occurred outside the hospital
According to the research, the number of AED per 100K people can varied from 0.2 to 15.
In China, the first aid responder averagely needs 15 minutes to arrive, and this will take more time in the
advanced cities
Effective Defibrillation within4 minutes can maintain successful rescue to 60%; 90% if Defibrillation done within 1 minute
Problem
The time on emergency respond (ambulance) is varied due to different traffic situation
This highlights the importance of treatment before the ambulance. To understand people’s behavior while observing the accident, I look up deeper research on 280 people from different regions and age groups
Around 17%~22% of interviewees are not willing to help. 60% of the reason is the responsibility behind participation.
According to Civil Law, the rescuer shall not bear liability if the recipient is harmed. However, people are still concerned about taking the action
Around 87% of people, including cities in different levels, barely, even never saw AED during their daily
Within 30% of interviewees who observed someone in an emergency, around 60 people called 120/ 911 (Emergency Number), but only about 18 people know and use CPR, and even only 5 people look for AED
Conclusion
We need a faster method to get AED before the ambulance arrives
We need a way to let first-aid personnel know the details of the patient and communicate with the scene
We need a better SOP when an
accident happens
Design Opportunity
A method to connect and communicate with Scene
Design Opportunity
An AED that can deliver to patient immediately
A faster treatment after emergency call
What if we make an AED that can be delivered to the patient immediately
Design Opportunity
Current First-Aid
Response
MoodBoard
Crustaceans | Drone | Organic + Geometric Form
Ideation
Hidden Propeller | Wings can be retracted back to body
Design Concept
Aesthetic Form | Sybolizing “Rebirth”
The solution to “Uncertainty of location” and “Insufficient of AED”
MediWing
Feature
Camera
Speaker
Activation
Command Center can remotely activate the MediWing from AED+Charing Station
Activating…
Elevating…
Ready!
Locating Technique
By directly accessing the phones’ location, the first-aid response canbe fastened
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Forced installing a locating unit or writing a program in operating system
The satellite will find the location of the witness immediately when calling the emergency number
The location will be sent to command center and MediWing
Scenario
(Actor Spark)
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Command Center receives the location and then activates the closest MediWing
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When MediWing flies close to the location, people on ambulance can talk with Spark
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After observing the accident, Spark calls 120/911 immediately
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In the same time, the closest MediWing is activated and flying to the location
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Spark pick up the AED from MediWing, then gives treatments base on ambulance’s instruction
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The AED on MediWing can be taken out and used individually
Future
Device Recovery
The current design needs hospitals and first-aid responders to collect MediWings for repair and charging. In this case, the current design requires extra human resources to settle back MediWing to the station after being repaired. It can be an a job opportunity benefiting society but also can be improved in next generation
Risk of Stealing
MediWing is designed to settle in open/ indoor public areas. In this case, there’s a certain risk that the device will be stolen.
Today in China, some AED devices in shopping malls and other public areas are locked and require security to unlock. The effectiveness of emergency treatment is influenced because of this
Next Version
Nowadays, Artificial Intelligent Technology is exponentially increasing. When the technology is powerful enough, MediWing can improve to a more complete level
At that time, MediWing can complete the whole first-aid response by itself, including undressing the patient’s clothes, electric shock, CPR with oxygen supply, etc
